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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Pavese | by the DICT Development Group |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pavese \Pa*vese"\, Pavesse \Pa*vesse"\, n. Pavise. [Obs.] | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Pavise \Pa*vise\, n. [OF. pavaix, F. pavois; cf. It. pavese, LL. pavense; perh. named from Pavia in Italy.] (Mil. Antiq.) A large shield covering the whole body, carried by a pavisor, who sometimes screened also an archer with it. [Written also {pavais}, {pavese}, and {pavesse}.] --Fairholt. | |
