A wife sending a short message to her husband:
It was just said on the news that they found a hideous corpse with a hollow head, a cigar among ugly rotten teeth and a bottle of liquor in his hand. I"m worried about you! Please, give me a ring...
- —n. - liveried boy or man employed to run errands, attend to a door, etc.
- boy as a personal attendant of a bride etc. —v. (-ging) 1 (in hotels, airports, etc.) Summon, esp. By making an announcement.
- summon by pager. [french]
PAID
past and past part. Of *pay.
PAIL
n. - bucket.
- amount contained in this. pailful n. (pl. -s). [old english]
PAIN
—n. - any unpleasant bodily sensation produced by illness, accident, etc.
- mental suffering.
- (also pain in the neck or arse) colloq. Troublesome person or thing; nuisance. —v. - cause pain to.
- (as pained adj.) Expressing pain (pained expression). be at (or take) pains take great care. In pain suffering pain.
PAIR
of scales n. Simple balance.
- —n. - set of two people or things used together or regarded as a unit.
- article (e.g. Scissors, trousers, or pyjamas) consisting of two joined or corresponding parts.
- a engaged or married couple. B mated couple of animals.
- two horses harnessed side by side (coach and pair).
- member of a pair in relation to the other (cannot find its pair).
- two playing-cards of the same denomination.
- either or both of two mps etc. On opposite sides agreeing not to vote on certain occasions. —v. - (often foll. By off) arrange or be arranged in couples.
- a join or be joined in marriage. B (of animals) mate. [latin paria: related to *par]
PAKI
n. (pl. -s) slang offens. Pakistani. [abbreviation]
PALE
—adj. - (of a person, colour, or complexion) light or faint; whitish, ashen.
- of faint lustre; dim. —v. (-ling) 1 grow or make pale.
- (often foll. By before, beside) seem feeble in comparison (with). palely adv. Paleness n. Palish adj. [latin pallidus]
- n. - pointed piece of wood for fencing etc.; stake.
- boundary. beyond the pale outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour. [latin palus]
PALL
n. - cloth spread over a coffin etc.
- shoulder-band with pendants, worn as an ecclesiastical vestment and sign of authority.
- dark covering (pall of darkness). [latin pallium cloak]
- v. (often foll. By on) become uninteresting (to). [from *appal]
PALM
oil n. Oil from various palms.
- sunday n. Sunday before easter, celebrating christ's entry into jerusalem.
- n. - (also palm-tree) (usu. Tropical) tree-like plant with no branches and a mass of large leaves at the top.
- leaf of this as a symbol of victory. [latin palma]
- —n. - inner surface of the hand between the wrist and fingers.
- part of a glove that covers this. —v. Conceal in the hand. palm off 1 (often foll. By on) impose fraudulently (on a person) (palmed my old car off on him).
- (often foll. By with) cause (a person) to accept unwillingly or unknowingly (palmed him off with my old car). [latin palma]
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