Part 187

Par"nell*ism (?), n. (Eng. Politics) The policy or principles of the Parnellites.

Par"nell*ite (?), n. (Eng. Politics) One of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland.

Par*quet" (?), n. 1. In various European public bourses, the railed-in space within which the "agents de change," or privileged brokers, conduct business; also, the business conducted by them; -- distinguished from the coulisse, or outside market.

2. In most European countries, the branch of the administrative government which is charged with the prevention, investigation, and punishment of crime, representing the public and not the individual injured.

Parquet circle. That part of the lower floor of a theater with seats at the rear of the parquet and beneath the galleries; -- called also, esp. in U. S., orchestra circle or parterre.

||Pa`rure" (?), n. [F., OF. pareure, LL. paraura, fr. L. parare to prepare. See Pare.] An ornament or decoration for the person; esp., a decoration consisting of a set of ornaments to be used together; as, a parure of rubies or of embroideries.

Pass, n. In football, hockey, etc., a transfer of the ball, etc., to another player of one's side, usually at some distance.

Pass, v. i. In football, hockey, etc., to make pass; to transfer the ball, etc., to another player of one's own side.

Passe*men"terie (?), n. [F.] Trimmings, esp. of braids, cords, gimps, beads, or tinsel.

Pas"sen*ger mile. (Railroads) A unit of measurement of the passenger transportation performed by a railroad during a given period, usually a year, the total of which consists of the sum of the miles traversed by all the passengers on the road in the period in question.

Passenger mileage. (Railroads) Passenger miles collectively; the total number of miles traveled by passengers on a railroad during a given period.

{ Pas"sive bal*loon" or a"ër*o*plane }. One unprovided with motive power.

Passive flight. Flight, such as gliding and soaring, accomplished without the use of motive power.

Pas*teur"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Pasteur.

Pas"teur*iz`er (?), n. One that Pasteurizes, specif. an apparatus for heating and agitating, fluid.

Pas`teur's" flu"id (?). (Biol.) An artificial nutrient fluid invented by Pasteur for the study of alcoholic fermentation, but used also for the cultivation of bacteria and other organisms. It contains all the elements of protoplasm, and was originally made of the ash of yeast, some ammonia compound, sugar, and water.

Pas*to"ri*um (?), n. [See Pastor; cf. Auditorium.] A parsonage; -- so called in some Baptist churches. [Southern U. S.]

Pa"ter*nos`ter (?), n. (Mining) An elevator of an inclined endless traveling chain or belt bearing buckets or shelves which ascend on one side loaded, and empty themselves at the top.

||Pa*te"si (?), n. [Assyrian.] (Babylonian Antiq.) A religious as well as a secular designation applied to rulers of some of the city states of ancient Chaldea, as Lagash or Shirpurla, who were conceived to be direct representatives of the tutelary god of the place.

{ Path`o*log"ic, Path`o*log"ic*al }, a. (Med.) Morbid; due to disease; abnormal; as, pathological tissue; a pathological condition.

Pa*thol"o*gy, n. (Med.) The condition of an organ, tissue, or fluid produced by disease.

Pa"thos, n. 1. The quality or character of those emotions, traits, or experiences which are personal, and therefore restricted and evanescent; transitory and idiosyncratic dispositions or feelings as distinguished from those which are universal and deep-seated in character; -- opposed to ethos.

2. Suffering; the enduring of active stress or affliction.

||Pa"ti*o (?), n. In Spain, Spanish America, etc., a court or courtyard of a house or other building; esp., an inner court open to the sky.

||Pâ`tis`serie" (?), n. [F. pâtisserie. See Pate.] Pastry. Sterne.

Pa*tol"li (?), n. [Mex. patolli dice.] An American Indian game analogous to dice, probably originally a method of divination.

Pa"tri*ots' Day. A legal holiday in the States of Massachusetts and Maine, April 19, the anniversary of the battle of Lexington in 1775. It was first observed in 1894. [U. S.]

Pa*trol", n. See Boy Scout.