Index of English words, starting with "pa"

(1) - Patter (n.) The cant of a class; patois; as, thieves's patter; gypsies' patter.
(2) - Patter (n.) Glib and rapid speech; a voluble harangue.
(3) - Patter (n.) A quick succession of slight sounds; as, the patter of rain; the patter of little feet.
(4) - Patter (v. i.) To mutter; as prayers.
(5) - Patter (v. t.) To spatter; to sprinkle.
(6) - Patter (v. i.) To talk glibly; to chatter; to harangue.
(7) - Patter (v. i.) To mutter; to mumble; as, to patter with the lips.
(8) - Patter (v. i.) To strike with a quick succession of slight, sharp sounds; as, pattering rain or hail; pattering feet.

(1) - Patterer (n.) One who patters, or talks glibly; specifically, a street peddler.

(1) - Pattern (v. t.) To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
(2) - Pattern (v. t.) To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
(3) - Pattern (n.) A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.
(4) - Pattern (n.) Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
(5) - Pattern (n.) Something made after a model; a copy.
(6) - Pattern (n.) Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
(7) - Pattern (n.) Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
(8) - Pattern (n.) A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
(9) - Pattern (n.) Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.