An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

PAS, PASE, s. Easter
V. [Pays].

PAS, s.
1. Division of a book.
Wyntown.
2. A single passage.
Crosraguel.

L. B. pass-us, locus.

To PASE, v. a. To poise.
V. [Pais].

PASH, s. The head, a ludicrous term, S.
Watson.

PASMENTS, s. pl.
1. Strips of lace or silk sewed on clothes.
2. Now used to denote livery; pron. pessments, S. B.
Acts Ja. VI.
3. External decorations of religion.
Rutherford.

Teut. Fr. passement, lace.

To Pasment, v. a. To deck with lace.
Z. Boyd.

PASSINGEOURE, s. A passage boat.
Douglas.

O. Fr. passageur, L. B. passagerius, a ferryman.