1612. Pass. of Benvenuto [Nares]. If you did but see . . . how negligent he is in my profit, aud in what sort he useth to glut and panche himself.
To JOIN paunches, verb. phr. (venery).—To copulate; TO JOIN giblets (q.v.): see Greens and Ride.
1656. Muses Recr. [Hotten], 48. My Father and Mother when first they join'd paunches.
Paunch-guts, subs. phr. (common).—A
fat-bellied man; a
jelly-belly (q.v.): see Forty-guts.
Pav, subs. (London).—The Pavilion
Music Hall: cf. Met.
Paved. To have one's mouth
paved, verb. phr. (old).—To be
hard of mouth.
1708-10. Swift, Polite Conversations, i. How can you drink your Tea so hot? Sure your mouth's pav'd.
Pavement. See Nymph.
Pavior's-workshop, subs. phr.
(old).—The street.—Grose
(1785).
Paw, subs. (common).—The hand:
see Bunch of Fives and
Daddle. Hence Forepaw =
the hand; hind-paw = the foot;
paw-cases = gloves; and as
verb = to handle roughly or
obscenely.—B. E. (c.1696);
Dyche (1748); Grose (1785).
1605. Chapman, All Fools, ii. I . . . laid these paws Close on his shoulders, tumbling him to earth.
d.1637. Jonson (attributed to) [Farmer, Merry Songs and Ballads (1897), iii. 13]. Then with his pawe . . . hee puld to a pye of a traitor's mumbles.
d.1701. Dryden [Century]. Be civil to the wretch imploring And lay your paws upon him without roaring.
1753. Foote, Englishman in Paris, i. How do'st, old buck, hey? Give's thy PAW!
1836. Scott, Cruise of Midge, 137. He held out him's large paw.
1840. Thackeray, Paris Sketch Book, 107. The iron squeeze with which he shook my passive paw.
1848. Ruxton, Far West, 164. Ho, Bill!. . . not gone under yet?. . . Give us your paw.
1891. Sporting Life, 3 Ap. In less than a minute he held out his paw, to the surprise of the company.
PAWN, verb. (old).—See quot.
c.1696. B. E., Dict Cant. Crew, s.v. Pawn. To pawn anybody, to steal away and leave him or them to Pay the Reckoning.
Pawnee. See Parney.
Paw-paw, adj. (old).—Naughty.
Hence paw-paw words = obscene
expressions; PAW-PAW
tricks = (1) masturbation; and
(2) (of children, by nurses) =
tiresome pranks, etc.—Grose
(1785).
Pax, subs. (Winchester College).—An
intimate friend. [Wrench:
Possibly the plural of pack,
which word has an extended use
in reference to friendship . . .
as adj., subs., and vb. . . . This
seems a more likely origin than
the Pax of the Church.]
Intj. (school).—Keep quiet! Hands off! Also Have pax! [Wrench: Almost the pure Latin use of the word.]
1900. Kipling, Stalky & Co., 4. 'I'm an ass, Stalky !' he said, guarding the afflicted part. 'Pax, Turkey, I'm an ass.'
PAY, verb. (colloquial).—To beat;
to punish; to 'serve out'; to
'pitch into': generally with out:
also TO pay home (or away).
Hence payment = chastisement.—Grose
(1785).
