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pate


  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Patt'e  \Pat`t['e]"\,  Pattee  \Pat*tee"\,  a.  [F.  patt['e],  fem. 
  patt['e]e,  fr  patte  paw,  foot.  Cf  {Patten}.]  (Her.) 
  Narrow  at  the  inner,  and  very  broad  at  the  other  end  or 
  having  its  arms  of  that  shape;  --  said  of  a  cross.  See 
  Illust.  (8)  of  {Cross}.  [Written  also  {pat['e]},  {patee}.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pat'e  \Pa`t['e]"\,  n.  [F.  p[^a]t['e].] 
  1.  A  pie.  See  {Patty}. 
 
  2.  (Fort.)  A  kind  of  platform  with  a  parapet,  usually  of  an 
  oval  form  and  generally  erected  in  marshy  grounds  to 
  cover  a  gate  of  a  fortified  place  [R.] 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pat'e  \Pa`t['e]"\,  a.  (Her.) 
  See  {Patt['e]}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pate  \Pate\,  n.  [Cf.  LG  &  Prov.  G.  pattkopf  patzkopf  scabby 
  head;  patt,  patz,  scab  +  kopf  head.] 
  1.  The  head  of  a  person;  the  top  or  crown,  of  the  head.  [Now 
  generally  used  in  contempt  or  ridicule.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pate 
  n  1:  liver  or  meat  or  fowl  finely  minced  or  ground  and  variously 
  seasoned 
  2:  the  top  of  the  head  [syn:  {poll},  {crown}] 




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