GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Pat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patted (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Patting.] [Cf. G. patschen, Prov. G. patzen, to strike, tap.] To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap; as, “to pat a dog”.
   
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   Gay pats my shoulder, and you vanish quite. Pope.
   
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   Pat, n.
   1. A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.
   
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   2. A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.
   
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   It looked like a tessellated work of pats of butter. Dickens.
   
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   Pat, a. [Cf. pat a light blow, D. te pas convenient, pat, where pas is fr. F. passer to pass.] Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely. “Pat allusion.”  Barrow.
   
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   Pat, adv. In a pat manner.
   
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   I foresaw then 't would come in pat hereafter. Sterne.
   
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