*pant*

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; from + &unr_; man. ] An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. discrepans, -antis, p. pr. of discrepare to sound differently or discordantly; dis- + crepare to rattle, creak: cf. OF. discrepant. See Crepitate. ] Discordant; at variance; disagreeing; contrary; different. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Egyptians were . . . the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship. Cudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A dissident. J. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a foreign substance added to a material to alter its properties; -- a process used. e.g., in making semiconductors from pure silicon in the manufacture of semiconductor chips and integrated circuits. [ PJC ]

a. [ Pref. ep- + Gr. 'a`nqos flower. ] (Bot.) Growing upon flowers; -- said of certain species of fungi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bishop. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft, limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip, Flap, Flipper. ] 1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. [ 1913 Webster ]

It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsiderate; pert; petulant. “Flippant epilogues.” Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A flippant person. [ R. ] Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a flippant manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State or quality of being flippant. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Hypanthia E. Hypanthiums [ NL., fr. Gr. "ypo beneath + 'a`nqos flower.] (Bot.) A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the Calycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear. [1913 Webster]

n. The name of a battle in which Turkish seapower was destroyed by the Christian League in 1571.
Syn. -- battle of Lepanto. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Micro- + pantograph. ] A kind of pantograph which produces copies microscopically minute. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. occupans, p. pr. of occupare: cf. F. occupant. See Occupy. ] 1. One who occupies, or takes possession; one who has the actual use or possession, or is in possession, of a thing; as, the occupant of the apartment is not at home. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ This word, in law, sometimes signifies one who takes the first possession of a thing that has no owner. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A prostitute. [ Obs. ] Marston. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Panted; p. pr. & vb. n. Panting. ] [ Cf. F. panteler to gasp for breath, OF. panteisier to be breathless, F. pantois out of breath; perh. akin to E. phantom, the verb prob. orig. meaning, to have the nightmare. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Pluto plants for breath from out his cell. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence: To long eagerly; to desire earnestly; -- often used with for or after. [ 1913 Webster ]

As the hart panteth after the water brooks. Ps. xlii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Who pants for glory finds but short repose. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To beat with unnatural violence or rapidity; to palpitate, or throb; -- said of the heart. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To sigh; to flutter; to languish. [ Poetic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The whispering breeze
Pants on the leaves, and dies upon the trees. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To breathe forth quickly or in a labored manner; to gasp out. [ 1913 Webster ]

There is a cavern where my spirit
Was panted forth in anguish. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To long for; to be eager after. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Then shall our hearts pant thee. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. A quick breathing; a catching of the breath; a gasp. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A violent palpitation of the heart. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A single leg of a pair of pants. See pants. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to pants. [ PJC ]

See Pan-. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pantofle. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Panta- + Gr. ko`smos universe. ] See Cosmolabe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pantograph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Pantagruel, one of the characters of Rabelais. ] 1. The theory or practice of the medical profession; -- used in burlesque or ridicule. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An assumption of buffoonery to cover some serious purpose. [ R. ] Donaldson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Dim. of pantaloon. ] One of the legs of the loose drawers worn by children and women; a pant leg; particularly, the lower part of such a garment, coming below the knee, often made in a separate piece; -- chiefly in the plural. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pantalon, fr. It. pantalone, a masked character in the Italian comedy, who wore breeches and stockings that were all of one piece, from Pantaleone, the patron saint of Venice, which, as a baptismal name, is very frequent among the Venetians, and is applied to them by the other Italians as a nickname, fr. Gr. Pantale`wn, lit., all lion, a Greek personal name. ] 1. A ridiculous character, or an old dotard, in the Italian comedy; also, a buffoon in pantomimes. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The sixth age shifts
Into the lean and slippered pantaloon. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. pl. A bifurcated garment for a man, covering the body from the waist downwards, and consisting of breeches and stockings in one. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. pl. In recent times, a loose-fitting variety of Trousers, often of less than ankle length. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. The character or performances of a pantaloon; buffoonery. [ R. ] Lamb. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Materials for pantaloons. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. That which assumes, or exists in, all forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Panta- + Gr. morfh` form. ] Taking all forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Panta- + -scope. ] (Photog.) A pantascopic camera. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Viewing all; taking a view of the whole. See under Camera. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pa^s, panto`s, all + sto`ma, sto`matos, mouth. ] (Zool.) One of the divisions of Flagellata, including the monads and allied forms. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. See Pan-, and Technic. ] A depository or place where all sorts of manufactured articles are collected for sale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pan- + telegraph. ] See under Telegraph. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who pants. Congreve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. panetier. See Pantry. ] A keeper of the pantry; a pantler. [ Obs. ] Tyndale. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Painter a rope. ] A net; a noose. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pan- + Teutonic. ] Of or pertaining to all the Teutonic races. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pan- + theism. ] The doctrine that the universe, taken or conceived of as a whole, is God; the doctrine that there is no God but the combined force and natural laws which are manifested in the existing universe; cosmotheism. The doctrine denies that God is a rational personality. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who holds to pantheism. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. Of or pertaining to pantheism; founded in, or leading to, pantheism. -- Pan`the*is"tic*al*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. One versed in pantheology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pan- + theology. ] A system of theology embracing all religions; a complete system of theology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. pantheon, pantheum, Gr. pa`nqeion (sc. 'iero`n), fr. pa`nqeios of all gods; pa^s, pa^n, all + qe`os a god: cf. F. panthéon. See Pan-, and Theism. ] 1. A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pantere, F. panthère, L. panthera, Gr. pa`nqhr, prob. fr. Skr. pundrīka a tiger. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Zool.) A large dark-colored variety of the leopard, by some Zoologists considered a distinct species. It is marked with large ringlike spots, the centers of which are darker than the color of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zool.) In America, the name is applied to the puma, or cougar, and sometimes to the jaguar. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ 1913 Webster ]

Panther cat (Zool.), the ocelot. --
Panther cowry (Zool.), a spotted East Indian cowry (Cypræa pantherina); -- so called from its color. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The genus of large felines including the lions; leopards; snow leopards; jaguars; tigers; cheetahs; and saber-toothed tigers.
Syn. -- genus Panthera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Zool.) A female panther. [ 1913 Webster ]