*pavi*

n. (Law) A contribution or a tax for paving streets or highways. Bouvier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pavan. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. pavidus, from pavere to be afraid. ] Timid; fearful. [ R. ] Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Timidity. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A paver. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A glucoside found in species of the genus Pavia of the Horse-chestnut family. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. pavillon, fr. L. pavilio a butterfly, also, a tent, because spread out like a butterfly's wings. ] 1. A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts. “[ The ] Greeks do pitch their brave pavilions.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) A flag, colors, ensign, or banner. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) Same as Tent (Her.) [ 1913 Webster ]

5. That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Anat.) The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky. [ 1913 Webster ]

The pavilion of heaven is bare. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Pavilioned p. pr. & vb. n. Pavilioning. ] To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents. [ 1913 Webster ]

The field pavilioned with his guardians bright. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pavan. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act or process of laying a pavement, or covering some place with a pavement. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A pavement. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who paves; a paver. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A machine for laying pavement; a rammer for driving paving stones.
Syn. -- paviour, paving machine. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A brick or slab used for paving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See pavior{ 2 }.
Syn. -- pavior, paving machine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy. ] (Mil. Antiq.) A large heavy oblong shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes also screened an archer with it. It was originally carried but sometimes set up in permanent position [ Written also pavis, pavais, pavese, and pavesse. ] Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Mil. Antiq.) A soldier who carried a pavise. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It. ] A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. spaveyne, OF. esparvain, F. éparvin; akin to OF. espervier a sparrow hawk, F. épervier, fr. OHG. sparwāri (G. sperber), fr. OHG. sparo sparrow, because this disease makes the horse raise the infirm leg in the manner of a sparrow hawk or sparrow. See Sparrow. ] (Far.) A disease of horses characterized by a bony swelling developed on the hock as the result of inflammation of the bones; also, the swelling itself. The resulting lameness is due to the inflammation, and not the bony tumor as popularly supposed. Harbaugh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bog spavin, a soft swelling produced by distention of the capsular ligament of the hock; -- called also blood spavin. --
Bone spavin, spavin attended with exostosis; ordinary spavin. [ 1913 Webster ]