2. A patty. [Obs.]

Pat"u*lous (?), a. [L. patulus, fr. patere to be open, extend.] Open;

expanded; slightly spreading; having the parts loose or dispersed; as,

a patulous calyx; a patulous cluster of flowers.

The eyes are large and patulous.

Sir J. Hill.

||Pau (?), n. See Pah.

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