Emily Dickinson Lexicon

PACK'STAFF, n.

A staff on which a traveler occasionally supports his pack. – Bp. Hall.

PACK'THREAD, n.

Strong thread or twine used in tying up parcels.

PACK'WAX, n.

A tendinous substance of the neck of an animal. – Ray.

PA'CO, or PA'COS, n.

A ruminant mammal of the Camel tribe, the Auchenia Paco, inhabiting the Peruvian and Chilian Andes. It has been domesticated, and it remains also in a wild state. Its length is about three feet; its hair is long, soft and woolly, of a delicacy and elasticity approaching to that of the Angora goat. Its flesh is an excellent article of food.

PACT, n. [Fr.; L. pactum, from pango. See Pack.]

A contract; an agreement or covenant. – Bacon.

PAC'TION, n. [L. pactio. See Pack.]

An agreement or contract. – Hayward.

PAC'TION-AL, a.

By way of agreement. – Sanderson.

PAC-TI'TIOUS, a.

Settled by agreement or stipulation.

PAC-TO'LI-AN, a.

Pertaining to Pactolus, a river in Lydia, famous for its golden sands.

PAD, n.¹ [Sax. paad, for path. See Path.]

1. A foot-path; a road. [Not now used.] – Prior.
2. An easy paced horse. – Addison. Pope.
3. A robber that infests the road on foot; usually called a foot-pad.

PAD, n.²

A soft saddle, cushion or bolster stuffed with straw, hair or other soft substance. – Camden.

PAD, v.i. [Gr. πατεω. See Path.]

1. To travel, slowly.
2. To rob on foot.
3. To beat a way smooth and level.

PAD'AR, n.

Grouts; coarse flower or meal. – Wotton. [Not used in the United States.]

PAD'DED, a.

Stuffed with a soft substance.

PAD'DER, n.

A robber on foot; a highwayman. – Dryden.

PAD'DING, n.

1. The impregnation of cloth with a mordant.
2. The material with which a saddle, garment, &c., are stuffed.

PAD'DLE, n. [In L. batillus is a paddle-staff; in Gr. πατταλος is a pole; in W. padell is a pan. The latter would express the broad part of an oar; but it may have no connection with paddle.]

1. An oar, but not a large oar. It is now applied to a sort of short oar used in propelling and steering canoes and boats.
2. The blade or the broad part of an oar or weapon. Thou shalt have a paddle on thy weapon. Deut. xxiii.

PAD'DLE, v.i. [The French patrouiller signifies to paw, to paddle, and hence the English patrol. This word seems to be from patte, a paw, allied perhaps to L. pes, pedis, the foot, and this is allied to the Gr. πατεω, to tread. To paddle, then, is to use the paw. But perhaps it is from the noun, – which see.]

1. To row; to beat the water, as with oars. – Gay.
2. To play in the water with the hands, as children; or with the feet, as fowls or other animals.
3. To finger. – Shak.

PAD'DLE, v.t.

To propel by an oar or paddle.

PAD'DLED, pp.

Propelled by an oar or paddle.

PAD'DLER, n.

One that paddles.

PAD'DLE-STAFF, n.

A staff headed with broad iron. – Hall.

PAD'DOCK, n.¹ [Sax. pada or pad; D. pad, padder.]

A toad or frog. – Walton. Dryden.

PAD'DOCK, n.² [said to be corrupted from Sax. parruc, park.]

1. A small inclosure for deer or other animals. – Johnson.
2. An inclosure for races with hounds, &c. – Encyc.

PAD'DOCK-PIPE, n.

A plant of the genus Equisetum.