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_To_ PATTER, _v. a._ To repeat in a muttering way without interruption, S.

_Dunbar._

Arm. _pater-en_, to repeat the Lord's prayer.

~Patterar~, _s._ One who repeats prayers.

_Douglas._

~Pattering~, _s._ Vain repet.i.tion.

_Lyndsay._

PATTLE, PETTLE, _s._ A stick with which the ploughman clears away the earth that adheres to the plough, S.

E. _paddle_, C. B. _pattal_.

_Burns._

_To_ PAUCE, _v. n._ To prance with rage, S. B.

Fr. _pas_, E. _pace_.

PAUCHTIE, _adj._

1. Haughty, S.

_Maitland Poems._

2. Petulant, malapert, S.

_Ramsay._

Belg. _pochg-en_, to vaunt.

PAVEN, PAUUAN, _s._ A grave Spanish dance, in which the dancers turned round one after another, as peac.o.c.ks do with their tails.

_Lyndsay._

Fr. _pavane_, id., from _paon_, a peac.o.c.k.

PAVIE, PAW, _s._

1. Lively motion of whatever kind, S.

2. The agile exertions of a rope-dancer.