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.
   A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.
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   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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