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- English Word Papaw Definition A tree of the genus Asimina (A. triloba), growing in the western and southern parts of the United States, and producing a sweet edible fruit; also, the fruit itself.
- English Word Papboat Definition A kind of sauce boat or dish.
- English Word Papboat Definition A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); -- so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.
- English Word Pape Definition A spiritual father; specifically, the pope.
- English Word Papejay Definition A popinjay.
- English Word Paper Definition A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
- English Word Paper Definition A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
- English Word Paper Definition A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society.
- English Word Paper Definition A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.
- English Word Paper Definition Negotiable evidences of indebtedness; notes; bills of exchange, and the like; as, the bank holds a large amount of his paper.
- English Word Paper Definition Decorated hangings or coverings for walls, made of paper. See Paper hangings, below.
- English Word Paper Definition A paper containing (usually) a definite quantity; as, a paper of pins, tacks, opium, etc.
- English Word Paper Definition A medicinal preparation spread upon paper, intended for external application; as, cantharides paper.
- English Word Paper Definition Of or pertaining to paper; made of paper; resembling paper; existing only on paper; unsubstantial; as, a paper box; a paper army.
- English Word Paper Definition To cover with paper; to furnish with paper hangings; as, to paper a room or a house.
- English Word Paper Definition To fold or inclose in paper.
- English Word Paper Definition To put on paper; to make a memorandum of.
- English Word Papered Definition of Paper
- English Word Papering Definition of Paper
- English Word Paperweight Definition See under Paper, n.
- English Word Papery Definition Like paper; having the thinness or consistence of paper.
- English Word Papescent Definition Containing or producing pap; like pap.
- English Word Papess Definition A female pope; i. e., the fictitious pope Joan.
- English Word Papeterie Definition A case or box containing paper and materials for writing.
- English Word Paphian Definition Of or pertaining to Paphos, an ancient city of Cyprus, having a celebrated temple of Venus; hence, pertaining to Venus, or her rites.
- English Word Paphian Definition A native or inhabitant of Paphos.
- English Word Papier-mache Definition A hard and strong substance made of a pulp from paper, mixed with sise or glue, etc. It is formed into various articles, usually by means of molds.
- English Word Papilio Definition A genus of butterflies.
- English Word Papilionaceous Definition Resembling the butterfly.
- English Word Papilionaceous Definition Having a winged corolla somewhat resembling a butterfly, as in the blossoms of the bean and pea.