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P A N

PALMISTRY, a kind of divinatioo. or rather a d<<<i,ful

art

pr>tliCeJ by gyplic, . ",ho pre,eod to foretel eveots by

looking upon [he Jint's and marks

the ha'nd.

PAL~IYRA.

,he ruins of a magnifi een, city. io ,he pro–

.inee of Syria. two huodred miles Cou,h_eJn of Aleppo_

PALOS. a POrt-,owo .of Spain. fi,uated on ,he bay of Ca–

diz:

W .

loog.

IS'.

N . lat.

PALPARLE. Come,hiog pcreeiveable by the CeoCes. parti–

eularly that of f«liog .

PALPITATION. a fpanie eontraCtioo of the heart, wheo

it le., Ps aod bea.. violeotly.

PALSY, io medieioe. See MED

IC.NR

, p.

97.

l'ALUDAMENTUM, in R omao ao.iquity, a habit that

differed in liule from the ehlaOlys, exeept that this lan

belooged ehieHy to tbe lower clafs of people. S<c

CHLAMYS.

;I'ALUMUUS. See COLUMBA .

PALY, Or PALt', in heraldry, is wheo the (hiel.! is di–

vided imo

fOUT

or more equal

part5,

perpendicular

lines CaJliog from the tOP

Ihe beuom. Seo. PI. ,e

CXXXIV. fig.

le.

Faly beody is when Ihe eCeuteheon is divided by pero

pendicular lioes, whieh is paly; aod alCo hy diagonals,

whieh is eaJled bendy. S<c ,he .rticle BENDY.

P i\MPELUN

1\ ,

the capital oC Spaoifh Na.arre, is ,he Cee

a bifhop, and ao univerfi,y:

loog.•

30',

la!.

43°

S'.

PANACEA, among phyfieians, deoo'es .o uni.erf.1 medi–

cine. or a remedy for all difeaCes; a thiog impoffible

be obtained.

PANADA, a diel eoofifliog of bread boiled in water to the

eoofifleoee of a pulp, aod Cweeteo,d wi,h a Iiule fugar.

P ANAMA, the eapi...1 ei,y of ,be provioce of Darien, io

South America, where the treafures of gold and filve r,

and !he

OIher

rieh merch andize of Peru, are lodged in ma–

l!.zines till they areCeot 'o Europe:

Vi.

loog.

8ao,

lat .

90.

PANARO, a river of I..ly, whieh rifiog in the Appenioe

mouotains,

the confines of Tufcany, divides Modena

(rom Romanía,

and Ihen

runniog

through lhe Ferrarefe

f.lls into the Gulph of Veoiee.

PANATHENJEA, in Greei.o aoti'luity, ao aoeieot Athe–

oian fell ival,

honour of Minerva, who was che protec–

trefs of A,hens, .nd ealled Atheoa.

PANAX, io botany, a genus of ,he polygami. diceeia claC•.

The e.llx of ,he hermaphrodite ha. five ,eeth, aod the

corolJa five petals ;

thefe

are

five

{lamina, and two

fi)'li ;

and ,he berry eootains two (eeds. The e.lix of the male

is cntire; the coroHa

has five

petals; and there are five

flamina. The fpecies are lhree, none of them oatives of

Britain.

PANAY, the capital of the iOe of P .nay, one of the Phi–

lippioe iflands: E . long.

11 90,

and N . la..

11° .

l'ANCARPUS, io Romao antiquity,

kind of fhew whieh

the Roman emperors fr<q.eotly exhibited to ,he people .

this fpeél,cle, ,he circus beiog Cet all over wi'h large

Irees, reprefenttd a foreO, -ioto whicn lhe beaas being

let rrom lhe dens under the ground

the people, al a ligo

giTen by lhe emperor. purrued . filot,

CUt

in pieces. and

killrd all they eould lay hold of, whieh Ihey after'Yards

carried away. to reBale upon at hame. The bea(ls ufu ·

~lly

giveo

theCe oee.fion. were boars,

d~er,

oxeo, aod

lhee¡¡.

P A N

PANCHYMAGOGUE, in pharmacy, a 03me given ' to

fome cathanic extrafu .

PANCRATIUM . ameog the aocieo.., a kind

exeoeif.,

which conGHed of wrcllling and boxing.

Ihele cun–

teHs it was cu(lomary for (he weJ.ker parly, whcn he fuund

himCelf pre(f<d by his adVerCary, 'o fall dowo,. aod figh'

rolling on ,he grouod.

A N

RA T 1U M,

in botany,. a genus of the hex:lOdria mono_

gyoia cletfs. lt has

fix

petals, ;md a neétarium divided

into twe)ve fegmenu, and the ftamioa lie upon the nC!éta·

riupl . Thcre are {c¡oen fpecies, nOne of them natÍ\'es

Hritain.

PANCREAS, io .o.toaiy. See ANATO"V, P.265'

PANDECTS, io the civil law, eollctlioos maae by Julli–

nian's order, of 6ve hundred and thirty·four decifion's a

the ancienl Jawyers, on

many ql1erlions occur.riog in (he

civil law ; to which that empc:ror gave [he force and au·

ihority of law. by ao epinle pre6x<d tO them. The·p.n–

deéls eoofin of fif,y books, aod make the firl! part of ,he

body of ,he civil law.

PANDICULATION, a flretehing, or tha< ' .iolent aod

tenfi ve matian of lhe

{olids, which

ufuaJly accompanics

,he

.Ct·

of yawniog.

P ANEGYRIC,

or.,ion in praiCe of fome extraordioary

tlling.

perfon, or vinue.

P anegyrics were anciendy made

iñ

the public and fo·.

lemn i{femblies

the Greeks, either at

[hei'r

games, lheir

fea(ls, or reJigiQus meetings.

PANE(;YRICUM, in ehureh-hinory; an eecleGallic.1

book, uCed by ,he Greek ehureh, eootaioing the panegy'

rical oratiaos

various aUlhors oa the folemnities

JeCus Chrin aod ,he faiots.

PANGONIA, in oa,ural hinory, the name of. geous of

• eryn. l. eonC,Uing of fueh as are eompofed of m. oy aoCI...

PANIC, deno,es an ill' erounded terror or frigh,.

PANICLE, in bo,aoy, deootes a CoCt woolly

be.rd,

whidl the Ceeds of fome plants, as mille" rceJs,

Óc.

h.og

PAN ICUM, io botaoy, a gemlS of ,he triaodria digyoia

claCs. The ealix eonfins of three

Tal.es

, ,he iomoll of

which

lean. There are

fpecies, four of which

are

natives of Britain,

viz.

the viride, or greeo panic-grafs ;

the crulTgaJli, or laofe panic.grafs ; the fanguinale, or

eoek',-foo, panie·graCs; aod ,he datlyloo, or ereeping pa–

nic-

grafs.

PANNEL, in I.w, fignifies the priCooer at ,h<, bar,

pero

fon who takes his trial befare the caurt

jufliciary.

for

fome crime. 8ee

LAW,

Tit. xxxiii.

47.

PANNELS

a jaddl<,

are t'YO eufhioos or boJ(lers, 611ed

with caw's, deer's, or

horre~hairt

and placed under ,he

faddle, on eaeh fide, 'o preveot tb. bo'Ys and baod, from

galliog ,he horCe.

P I\NNICULUS CARNOSUS, in eOO1parative anatomy, ..

robufi flelhy tunic, (i,uated in beaHs, between the tun!c

2nd the fal; by means of which they caD move

the~r

n<lo

in whole or pan ! it is ahogether wanting in manklnd.

P ANORPA, ,he SCo.PlON· rLY, in zoology. a genus oC

infefh belonging to the arder af neuropten.

T~e

ro·

flrum is hO'ny .nd eyliodrieal; there are two

P'PP"

aod

three (lemonata

the feelers are looger than lhe thorax;

aod ,he tail of ,he

m.le

is lurnifhed with a (oreeps.

There are four Cpeeies, diCliocui(hed by the eolour aod

fu . pe of ,heir wings.

l'ANTALOON,