Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter P - Page 10

Panelation (n.) The act of impaneling a jury. [Obs.] [Written also panellation.] -- Wood.

Compare: Impanel

Impanel (v. t.) 【律】列在陪審名單；從陪審名單中選定陪審員To enter in a list, or on a piece of parchment, called a panel; to form or enroll, as a list of jurors in a court of justice. --Blackstone.

Impanel (v.) Enter into a list of prospective jurors [syn: empanel, impanel].

Impanel (v.) Select from a list; "empanel prospective jurors" [syn: empanel, impanel, panel].

Compare: Jury

Jury (a.) (Naut.) For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.

Jury rudder, A rudder constructed for temporary use.

Jury (n.) pl. Juries, [C] [U] 【律】陪審團； （競賽等的）評審委員會 (Law) A body of people, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. In criminal trials the number of such persons is usually twelve, but in civil cases and in grand juries it may different. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life. -- Shak.

Jury (n.) pl. Juries, A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.

Jury of inquest, A coroner's jury. See Inquest.

Jury (n.) A body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law.

Jury (n.) A committee appointed to judge a competition [syn: jury, panel].

Jury. () A body of men selected according to law, for the purpose of deciding some controversy.

Jury. () This mode of trial by jury was adopted soon after the conquest of England, by William, and was fully established for the trial of civil suits in the reign of Henry II. Crabb's C. L. 50, 61. In the old French law they are called inquests or tourbes of ten men. 2 Loisel's Inst. 238, 246, 248.

Jury. () Juries are either grand juries, (q.v.) or petit juries. The former having been treated of elsewhere, it will only be necessary to consider the latter. A petit jury consists of twelve citizens duly qualified to serve on juries, impanelled and sworn to try one or more issues of facts submitted to them, and to give a judgment respecting the same, which is called a verdict.

Jury. () Each one of the citizens so impanelled and sworn is called a juror. Vide Trial.

Jury. () The constitution of the United States directs, that "the trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury;" and this invaluable institution is also, secured by the several state constitutions.

The constitution of the United States also provides that in suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved. Amend. VII.

Jury. () It is scarcely practicable to give the rules established in the different states to secure impartial juries; it may, however, be stated that in all, the selection of persons who are to serve on the jury is made by disinterested officers, and that out of the lists thus made out, the jurors are selected by lot.

Paneless (a.) Without panes.

To patch his paneless window. -- Shenstone.

Paneling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Panel.

Paneling (n.) A forming in panels; panel work.

Paneling (n.) The act or process of forming in panels or decorating with panels. [Written also panelling.]

Paneling (n.) The panels which decorate the walls of a room.

Paneling (n.) A panel or section of panels in a wall or door [syn: paneling, panelling, pane].

Panelwork (n.) (Arch.) Wainscoting.

Paneulogism (n.) Eulogy of everything; indiscriminate praise. [R.]

Her book has a trace of the cant of paneulogism. -- National Rev.

Panfuls (n. pl. ) of Panful.

Panful (n.) Enough to fill a pan.

Pang (n.) A paroxysm of extreme pain or anguish; a sudden and transitory agony; a throe; as, the pangs of death.

Syn: Agony; anguish; distress. See Agony.

Pang (v. t.) To torture; to cause to have great pain or suffering; to torment. [R.] -- Shak.

Pang (n.) A sudden sharp feeling; "pangs of regret"; "she felt a stab of excitement"; "twinges of conscience" [syn: pang, stab, twinge].

Pang (n.) A mental pain or distress; "a pang of conscience" [syn: pang, sting].

Pang (n.) A sharp spasm of pain.

Pangenesis (n.) (Biol.) An hypothesis advanced by Darwin in explanation of heredity.

Note: The theory rests on the assumption, that the whole organization, in the sense of every separate atom or unit, reproduces itself, the cells throwing off minute granules called gemmules, which circulate freely throughout the system and multiply by subdivision.

These gemmules collect in the reproductive organs and products, or in buds, so that the egg or bud contains gemmules from all parts of the parent or parents, which in development give rise to cells in the offspring similar to those from which they were given off in the parent. The hypothesis also assumes that these gemmules need not in all cases develop into cells, but may lie dormant, and be transmitted from generation to generation without producing a noticeable effect until a case of atavism occurs. This is an ingenious hypothesis, but now known to be wrong. Although now, a hundred years later, we know that all transmitted genetic information (other than that in plasmids) is contained in the genome of a single cell, scientists are still only beginning to understand the development process.

Pangenetic (a.) (Biol.) Of or pertaining to pangenesis.

Pangful (a.) Full of pangs. -- Richardson.

Pangless (a.) Without a pang; painless. -- Byron.

Pangolin (n.) (Zool.) 【動】鯪鯉（俗名穿山甲） Any one of several species of Manis, Pholidotus, and related genera, found in Africa and Asia. They are covered with imbricated scales, and feed upon ants. Called also scaly ant-eater.

Pangolin (n.) Toothless mammal of southern Africa and Asia having a body covered with horny scales and a long snout for feeding on ants and termites [syn: pangolin, scaly anteater, anteater].

Pangothic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or including, all the Gothic races. "Ancestral Pangothic stock." -- Earle.

Panhellenic (a.) Of or pertaining to all Greece, or to Panhellenism; including all Greece, or all the Greeks.

Panhellenic (a.) Of or relating to all the Greeks; "the Olympic Games were a Panhellenic celebration" [syn: Panhellenic, Pan-Hellenic].

Panhellenism (n.) A scheme to unite all the Greeks in one political body.

Panhellenist (n.) An advocate of Panhellenism.

Panhellenium (n.) An assembly or association of Greeks from all the states of Greece.

Panic (n.) (Bot.) A plant of the genus Panicum; panic grass; also, the edible grain of some species of panic grass.

Panic grass (Bot.), Any grass of the genus Panicum.

Panic (a.) Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; -- said of fear or fright; as, panic fear, terror, alarm. "A panic fright." -- Dryden.

Panic (n.) A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.

Panic (n.) By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.

Panic (n.) An overwhelming feeling of fear and anxiety [syn: panic, terror, affright].

Panic (n.) Sudden mass fear and anxiety over anticipated events; "panic in the stock market"; "a war scare"; "a bomb scare led them to evacuate the building" [syn: panic, scare].

Panic (v.) Be overcome by a sudden fear; "The students panicked when told that final exams were less than a week away."

Panic (v.) Cause sudden fear in or fill with sudden panic; "The mere thought of an isolation cell panicked the prisoners."

Panic, () What Unix does when a critical internal consistency checks fails in such a way that Unix cannot continue. The kernel attempts to print a short message on the console and write an image of memory into the swap area on disk.  This can be analysed later using adb.

The kernel will then either wait in a tight loop until the machine is rebooted or will initiate an automatic reboot.

Unix manual page: panic (8).

Panic, () Action taken by software which discovers some fatal problem which prevents it from continuing to run. (1995-03-01)

Panical (a.) See Panic, a. [Obs.] -- Camden.

Panicle (n.) (Bot.) A pyramidal form of inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.

Panicle (n.) Compound raceme or branched cluster of flowers.

Panicled (a.) (Bot.) Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate. Panic-stricken

Panicled (a.) Having panicles; occurring in panicles; "a panicled inflorescence."

Panic-stricken (a.) Alt. of Panic-struck.

Panic-struck (a.) Struck with a panic, or sudden fear ; thrown into a state of intense fear; as, trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd. -- Burke.

Syn: panicky, petrified, terrified, frightened. Paniculate

Panic-stricken (a.) Thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation; "became panicky as the snow deepened"; "felt panicked before each exam"; "trying to keep back the panic-stricken crowd"; "the terrified horse bolted" [syn: panicky, panicked, panic-stricken, panic-struck, terrified, frightened].

Paniculate (a.) Alt. of Paniculated.

Paniculated (a.) (Bot) Same as Panicled.

Paniculate (a.) Having a panicle.

Panicum (n.) (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species, some of which are valuable; panic grass.

Panicum (n.) Panic grass [syn: Panicum, genus Panicum].

Panidiomorphic  (a.) (Geol.) Having a completely idiomorphic structure; -- said of certain rocks.

Panier (n.) See Pannier, 3. [Obs.]

Panification (n.) The act or process of making bread. -- Ure.

Painim (n.) A pagan; an infidel; -- used also adjectively. [Written also panim and paynim.] -- Peacham.

Panim (n.) See Painim. [Obs.] -- Milton.

Panislamism (n.) A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan nations for the conquest of the world.

Panivorous (a.) Eating bread; subsisting on bread.

Pannade (n.) The curvet of a horse.

Pannage (n.) The food of swine in the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; -- called also pawns.

Pannage (n.) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding swine in the woods.

Pannary (a.) See Panary.

Pannel (n.) A kind of rustic saddle.

Pannel (n.) The stomach of a hawk.

Pannel (n.) A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march.

Pannier (n.) A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass.

Pannier (n.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles.

Pannier (n.) A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London.

Pannier (n.) A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle.

Panniered (a.) Bearing panniers.

Pannikel (n.) The brainpan, or skull; hence, the crest.

Pannikin (n.) A small pan or cup.

Pannose (a.) Similar in texture or appearance to felt or woolen cloth.

Pannus (n.) A very vascular superficial opacity of the cornea, usually caused by granulation of the eyelids.

Panoistic (a.) Producing ova only; -- said of the ovaries of certain insects which do not produce vitelligenous cells.

Panomphean (a.) Uttering ominous or prophetic voices; divining.

Panoplied (a.) Dressed in panoply.

Panoply (n.) Defensive armor in general; a full suit of defensive armor.

Panopticon (n.) A prison so contructed that the inspector can see each of the prisoners at all times, without being seen.

Panopticon (n.) A room for the exhibition of novelties.

Panopticon (n.) An area where everything is visible.

Panopticon (n.) A circular prison with cells distributed around a central surveillance station; proposed by Jeremy Bentham in 1791.

Panorama (n.) A complete view in every direction.

Panorama (n.) Hence: A comprehensive survey of a particular topic; also, a broad view of the development of a series of events.

Panorama (n.) A picture presenting a view of objects in every direction, as from a central point.

Panorama (n.) A picture representing scenes too extended to be beheld at once, and so exhibited a part at a time, by being unrolled, and made to pass continuously before the spectator. Panoramic

Panorama (n.) The visual percept of a region; "the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views" [syn: view, aspect, prospect, scene, vista, panorama].

Panorama (n.) A picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene [syn: panorama, cyclorama, diorama].

Panoramic (a.) Alt. of Panoramical.

Panoramical (a.) Of, pertaining to, or like, a panorama ; exhibiting a very broad view; as, a panoramic view.

Panoramic camera. See under Camera.

Panoramical (a.) Hence: Presented with a broad perspective; as, a panoramic view of European history.

Panoramic (a.) As from an altitude or distance; "a bird's-eye survey"; "a panoramic view" [syn: bird's-eye, panoramic].

Panorpian (a.) Like, or pertaining to, the genus Panorpa.

Panorpian (n.) Same as Panorpid.

Panorpid (n.) Any neuropterous insect of the genus Panorpa, and allied genera. The larvae feed on plant lice.

Panpharmacon (n.) A medicine for all diseases; a panacea.

Panpresbyterian (a.) Belonging to, or representative of, those who hold Presbyterian views in all parts of the world; as, a Panpresbyterian council.

Pansclavic () Alt. of Pansclavonian.

Pansclavism () Alt. of Pansclavonian.

Pansclavist () Alt. of Pansclavonian.

Pansclavonian () See Panslavic, Panslavism, etc.

Panshon (n.) An earthen vessel wider at the top than at the bottom, -- used for holding milk and for various other purposes.

Pansied (a.) Covered or adorned with pansies.

Panslavic (a.) Pertaining to all the Slavic races.

Panslavism (n.) A scheme or desire to unite all the Slavic races into one confederacy.

Panslavist (n.) One who favors Panslavism.

Panslavonian (a.) See Panslavic.

Pansophical (a.) All-wise; claiming universal knowledge; as, pansophical pretenders.

Pansophy (n.) Universal wisdom; esp., a system of universal knowledge proposed by Comenius (1592 -- 1671), a Moravian educator.

Panspermatist (n.) Alt. of Panspermist.

Panspermist (n.) A believer in panspermy; one who rejects the theory of spontaneous generation; a biogenist.

Panspermic (a.) Of or pertaining to panspermy; as, the panspermic hypothesis.

Panspermy (n.) The doctrine of the widespread distribution of germs, from which under favorable circumstances bacteria, vibrios, etc., may develop.

Panspermy (n.) The doctrine that all organisms must come from living parents; biogenesis; -- the opposite of spontaneous generation.

Panstereorama (n.) A model of a town or country, in relief, executed in wood, cork, pasteboard, or the like.

Pansies (n. pl. ) of Pansy.

Pansy (n.) A plant of the genus Viola (V. tricolor) and its blossom, originally purple and yellow. Cultivated varieties have very large flowers of a great diversity of colors. Called also heart's-ease, love-in-idleness, and many other quaint names.

Panted (imp. & p. p.) of Pant.

Panting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Pant.

Pant (v. i.) To breathe quickly or in a labored manner, as after exertion or from eagerness or excitement; to respire with heaving of the breast; to gasp.

Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. -- Dryden.

Pant (v. i.) Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after.

As the hart panteth after the water brooks. -- Ps. xlii. 1.

Who pants for glory finds but short repose. -- Pope.

Pant (v. i.) To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. -- Spenser.

Pant (v. i.) To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [Poetic]

The whispering breeze Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. -- Pope.

Pant (v. t.) To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out.

There is a cavern where my spirit Was panted forth in anguish. -- Shelley.

Pant (v. t.) To long for; to be eager after. [R.]

Then shall our hearts pant thee. -- Herbert.

Pant (n.) A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. -- Drayton.

Pant (n.) A violent palpitation of the heart. -- Shak.

Pant (n.) A single leg of a pair of pants. See pants.

Pant (a.) Of or pertaining to pants.

Pant (n.) The noise made by a short puff of steam (as from an engine)

Pant (n.) (Usually in the plural) a garment extending from the waist to the knee or ankle, covering each leg separately; "he had a sharp crease in his trousers" [syn: trouser, pant].

Pant (n.) A short labored intake of breath with the mouth open; "she gave a gasp and fainted" [syn: gasp, pant].

Pant (v.) Breathe noisily, as when one is exhausted; "The runners reached the finish line, panting heavily" [syn: pant, puff, gasp, heave].

Pant (v.) Utter while panting, as if out of breath.

Pan-, Panta-, Panto- Combining forms signifying all, every; as, panorama, pantheism, pantagraph, pantograph. Pan- becomes pam- before b or p, as pamprodactylous.

Panta- () See Pan-.

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