v. t. To lampoon; to satiraze. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
To see himself pasquined and affronted. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ It. pasquino a mutilated statue at Rome, set up against the wall of the place of the Orsini; -- so called from a witty cobbler or tailor, near whose shop the statue was dug up. On this statue it was customary to paste satiric papers. ] A lampooner; also, a lampoon. See Pasquinade. [ 1913 Webster ]
The Grecian wits, who satire first began,
Were pleasant pasquins on the life of man. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To lampoon, to satirize. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. pasquinade, It. pasquinata. ] A lampoon or satirical writing. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]