Defn: A large spiral East Indian marine shell (Turbinella rapha); — so called because used by native priests to hold the oil for anointing.
PAPE
Pape, n. Etym: [Cf. F. pape, fr. L. papa. See Pope.]
Defn: A spiritual father; specifically, the pope. [Obs.]
PAPEJAY
Pa"pe*jay, n.
Defn: A popinjay. [Obs.] Chaucer.
PAPER
Pa"per, n. Etym: [F. papier, fr. L. papyrus papyrus, from which the
Egyptians made a kind of paper, Gr. Papyrus.]
1. A substance in the form of thin sheets or leaves intended to be written or printed on, or to be used in wrapping. It is made of rags, straw, bark, wood, or other fibrous material, which is first reduced to pulp, then molded, pressed, and dried.
2. A sheet, leaf, or piece of such substance.
3. A printed or written instrument; a document, essay, or the like; a writing; as, a paper read before a scientific society. They brought a paper to me to be signed. Dryden.
4. A printed sheet appearing periodically; a newspaper; a journal; as, a daily paper.