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_To_ PATTER, _v. a._ To repeat in a muttering way without interruption, S.
_Dunbar._
Arm. _pater-en_, to repeat the Lord's prayer.
~Patterar~, _s._ One who repeats prayers.
_Douglas._
~Pattering~, _s._ Vain repet.i.tion.
_Lyndsay._
PATTLE, PETTLE, _s._ A stick with which the ploughman clears away the earth that adheres to the plough, S.
E. _paddle_, C. B. _pattal_.
_Burns._
_To_ PAUCE, _v. n._ To prance with rage, S. B.
Fr. _pas_, E. _pace_.
PAUCHTIE, _adj._
1. Haughty, S.
_Maitland Poems._
2. Petulant, malapert, S.
_Ramsay._
Belg. _pochg-en_, to vaunt.
PAVEN, PAUUAN, _s._ A grave Spanish dance, in which the dancers turned round one after another, as peac.o.c.ks do with their tails.
_Lyndsay._
Fr. _pavane_, id., from _paon_, a peac.o.c.k.
PAVIE, PAW, _s._
1. Lively motion of whatever kind, S.
2. The agile exertions of a rope-dancer.
_Birrel._
3. A fantastic air, S.
_Cleland._
4. Transferred to rage, S.
Fr. _pas vif_, a quick step.
PAUIS, PAVIS, _s._
1. A large s.h.i.+eld.
L. B. _pavas-ium_, id.
_Douglas._
2. A testudo, used in sieges.
_Douglas._
Fr. _pavois_, id.
PAUK, _s._ Art, a wile, S.
_Douglas._
~Pauky~, ~Pawky~, _adj._
1. Sly, artful, S.
_Callander._
A. S. _paec-an_, decipere, mentiri; _paeca_, deceptor.
2. Wanton, applied to the eye, Ang.
_To_ PAUT, _v. n._ To paw, S.
_Cleland._
~Paut~, _s._ A stroke on the ground with the foot. S.
