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n. [ OF. pasnage, LL. pasnadium, pastinaticum, fr. pastionare to feed on mast, as swine, fr. L. pastio a pasturing, grazing. See Pastor. ] (O. Eng. Law) (a) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns. (b) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Panary. Loudon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] A fabric resembling velvet, but having the nap flat and less close. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ See Panel. ] 1. A kind of rustic saddle. Tusser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Falconry) The stomach of a hawk. Ainsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march. Farrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread basket, fr. panis bread. Cf. Pantry. ] 1. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil. Antiq.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing panniers. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Pan a dish. ] The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of pan a dish. ] A small pan or cup. Marryat. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]