PATOIS
Pa`tois", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A dialect peculiar to the illiterate classes; a provincial form
of speech.
The jargon and patois of several provinces. Sir T. Browne.
PATOLLI
Pa*tol"li, n. [Mex. patolli dice.]
Defn: An American Indian game analogous to dice, probably originally a method of divination.
PATONCE
Pa*tonce", a. Etym: [Cf. F. patte d'once paw of an ounce.] (Her.)
Defn: Having the arms growing broader and floriated toward the end; - - said of a cross. See Illust. 9 of Cross.
PATRIAL Pa"tri*al, a. Etym: [L. patria fatherland, country, fr. pater father.] (Lat. Gram.)
Defn: Derived from the name of a country, and designating an inhabitant of the country; gentile; — said of a noun. — n.
Defn: A patrial noun. Thus Romanus, a Roman, and Troas, a woman of
Troy, are patrial nouns, or patrials. Andrews.
PATRIARCH
Pa"tri*arch, n. Etym: [F. patriarche, L. patriarcha, Gr. Father,
Archaic.]