pacer
         n 1: a horse used to set the pace in racing [syn: {pacer},
               {pacemaker}, {pacesetter}]
         2: a horse trained to a special gait in which both feet on one
            side leave the ground together

English Dictionary: pecker	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
packer n a workman employed to pack things into containers [syn: packer, bagger, boxer] a wholesaler in the meat-packing business Synonym(s): meat packer, packer a hiker who wears a backpack Synonym(s): backpacker, packer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Packera n genus of American of east Asian perennial herbs with yellow to orange or red flower rays; sometimes included in genus Senecio Synonym(s): Packera, genus Packera
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pager n an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged Synonym(s): beeper, pager
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
passer n a person who passes by casually or by chance [syn: passerby, passer-by, passer] a person who passes as a member of a different ethnic or racial group a student who passes an examination (football) a ball carrier who tries to gain ground by throwing a forward pass Synonym(s): passer, forward passer type genus of the Passeridae Synonym(s): Passer, genus Passer
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Passero n a naval battle in the Mediterranean Sea off Cape Passero in which the Spanish navy was destroyed by France and England while attempting to recover Sicily and Sardinia from Italy (1719) Synonym(s): Passero, Cape Passero
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
peccary n nocturnal gregarious pig-like wild animals of North America and South America Synonym(s): peccary, musk hog
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pecker n obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz] bird with strong claws and a stiff tail adapted for climbing and a hard chisel-like bill for boring into wood for insects Synonym(s): woodpecker, peckerwood, pecker horny projecting mouth of a bird Synonym(s): beak, bill, neb, nib, pecker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Peshawar n city in northern Pakistan at the eastern end of the Khyber Pass
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pessary n a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix Synonym(s): diaphragm, pessary, contraceptive diaphragm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Physaria n small genus of western North American herbs similar to Lesquerella: bladderpods Synonym(s): Physaria, genus Physaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Picariae n term used in some classifications as nearly equivalent to the order Coraciiformes Synonym(s): Picariae, order Picariae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
picker n a person who chooses or selects out [syn: picker, chooser, selector] someone who gathers crops or fruits etc.
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piggery n a farm where pigs are raised or kept [syn: piggery, {pig farm}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Piqueria n small genus of tropical American perennial herbs or subshrubs with white to pale yellow flowers; often included in genus Stevia Synonym(s): Piqueria, genus Piqueria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
piscary n a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold Synonym(s): fishery, piscary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pisser n a person who urinates Synonym(s): pisser, urinator a very disagreeable difficulty
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Pizarro n Spanish conquistador who conquered the Incas in what is now Peru and founded the city of Lima (1475-1541) Synonym(s): Pizarro, Francisco Pizarro
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pizzeria n a shop where pizzas are made and sold [syn: pizzeria, pizza shop, pizza parlor]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poacher n someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of another a cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs) small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters Synonym(s): poacher, sea poacher, sea poker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poker n fire iron consisting of a metal rod with a handle; used to stir a fire Synonym(s): poker, stove poker, fire hook, salamander any of various card games in which players bet that they hold the highest-ranking hand Synonym(s): poker, poker game
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poser n a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not Synonym(s): poseur, poser a person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos" Synonym(s): model, poser a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem Synonym(s): poser, stumper, toughie, sticker
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
poseur n a person who habitually pretends to be something he is not Synonym(s): poseur, poser
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pucker n an irregular fold in an otherwise even surface (as in cloth) Synonym(s): pucker, ruck v to gather something into small wrinkles or folds; "She puckered her lips" Synonym(s): pucker, rumple, cockle, crumple, knit draw together into folds or puckers Synonym(s): gather, pucker, tuck become wrinkled or drawn together; "her lips puckered" Synonym(s): pucker, ruck, ruck up
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pusher n one who intrudes or pushes himself forward [syn: pusher, thruster] an unlicensed dealer in illegal drugs Synonym(s): pusher, drug peddler, peddler, drug dealer, drug trafficker someone who pushes Synonym(s): pusher, shover a sandal attached to the foot by a thong over the toes Synonym(s): pusher, zori a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around Synonym(s): baby buggy, baby carriage, carriage, perambulator, pram, stroller, go-cart, pushchair, pusher
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pacer \Pa"cer\, n.       One who, or that which, paces; especially, a horse that       paces.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Packer \Pack"er\, n.       A ring of packing or a special device to render gas-tight and       water-tight the space between the tubing and bore of an oil       well. [U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Packer \Pack"er\, n.       A person whose business is to pack things; especially, one       who packs food for preservation; as, a pork packer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Passer \Pass"er\, n.       One who passes; a passenger.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pauser \Paus"er\, n.       One who pauses. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chrome \Chrome\, n.       Same as {Chromium}.          {Chrome alum} (Chem.), a dark violet substance,             {(SO4)3Cr2.K2SO4.24H2O}, analogous to, and crystallizing             like, common alum. It is regarded as a double sulphate of             chromium and potassium.          {Chrome green}       (a) The green oxide of chromium, {Cr2O3}, used in enamel             painting, and glass staining.       (b) A pigment made by mixing chrome yellow with Prussian             blue.          {Chrome red}, a beautiful red pigment originally prepared             from the basic chromate of lead, but now made from red             oxide of lead.          {Chrome yellow}, a brilliant yellow pigment, {PbCrO4}, used             by painters.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peacher \Peach"er\, n.       One who peaches. [Low] --Foxe.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pecary \Pec"a*ry\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       See {Peccary}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Peccary \Pec"ca*ry\, n.; pl. {Peccaries}. [From the native South       American name: cf. F. p[82]cari, Sp. pecar.] (Zo[94]l.)       A pachyderm of the genus {Dicotyles}.          Note: The collared peccary, or tajacu ({Dicotyles                torquatus}), is about the size and shape of a small                hog, and has a white ring aroung the neck. It ranges                from Arkansas to Brazil. A larger species ({D.                labiatus}), with white cheeks, is found in South                America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pecker \Peck"er\, n.       1. One who, or that which, pecks; specif., a bird that pecks             holes in trees; a woodpecker.          2. An instrument for pecking; a pick. --Garth.          {Flower pecker}. (Zo[94]l.) See under {Flower}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pegger \Peg"ger\, n.       One who fastens with pegs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pessary \Pes"sa*ry\, n.; pl. {Pessaries}. [L. pessarium, pessum,       pessus, Gr. [?]: cf. F. pessaire.] (Med.)       (a) An instrument or device to be introduced into and worn in             the vagina, to support the uterus, or remedy a             malposition.       (b) A medicinal substance in the form of a bolus or mass,             designed for introduction into the vagina; a vaginal             suppository.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pickeer \Pick*eer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Pickeered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Pickeering}.] [F. picorer to go marauding, orig., to       go to steal cattle, ultimately fr. L. pecus, pecoris, cattle;       cf. F. picor[82]e, Sp. pecorea robbery committed by       straggling soldiers.]       To make a raid for booty; to maraud; also, to skirmish in       advance of an army. See {Picaroon}. [Obs.] --Bp. Burnet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Picker \Pick"er\, n. [From {Pick}.]       1. One who, or that which, picks, in any sense, -- as, one             who uses a pick; one who gathers; a thief; a pick; a             pickax; as, a cotton picker. [bd]Pickers and stealers.[b8]             --Shak.          2. (Mach.) A machine for picking fibrous materials to pieces             so as to loosen and separate the fiber.          3. (Weaving) The piece in a loom which strikes the end of the             shuttle, and impels it through the warp.          4. (Ordnance) A priming wire for cleaning the vent.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pickery \Pick"er*y\, n. [From {Pick} to steal; or perhaps from       {Pickeer}.]       Petty theft. [Scot.] --Holinshed.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Picra \Pi"cra\, n. [L., fr. Gr. [?] sharp, bitter.] (Med.)       The powder of aloes with canella, formerly officinal,       employed as a cathartic.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piecer \Pie"cer\, n.       1. One who pieces; a patcher.          2. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken             threads.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piggery \Pig"ger*y\, n.; pl. {Piggeries}.       A place where swine are kept.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piqueer \Pi*queer"\, v. i.       See {Pickeer}. [R.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Piscary \Pis"ca*ry\, n. [L. piscarius relating to fishes or to       fishing, fr. piscis a fish.] (Law)       The right or privilege of fishing in another man's waters.       --Blackstone.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poacher \Poach"er\, n.       1. One who poaches; one who kills or catches game or fish             contrary to law.          2. (Zo[94]l.) The American widgeon. [Local, U.S.]          {Sea poacher} (Zo[94]l.), the lyrie.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pocky \Pock"y\, a. [Compar. {Pockier}; superl. {Pockiest}.]       Full of pocks; affected with smallpox or other eruptive       disease. --Bp. Hall.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poiser \Pois"er\, n. (Zo[94]l.)       The balancer of dipterous insects.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poisure \Poi"sure\, n. [See {Poise}.]       Weight. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poker \Pok"er\, n. [From {Poke} to push.]       1. One who pokes.          2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal             bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.          3. A poking-stick. --Decker.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]          {Poker picture}, a picture formed in imitation of             bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood             with a heated poker or other iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poker \Pok"er\, n. [Of uncertain etymol.]       A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about       1835 in the Southwestern United States. --Johnson's Cyc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poker \Pok"er\, n. [Cf. Dan. pokker the deuce, devil, also W.       pwci, a hobgoblin, bugbear, and E. puck.]       Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to       haunt the darkness; a bugbear. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poachard \Poach"ard\, n. [From {Poach} to stab.] [Written also       {pocard}, {pochard}.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A common European duck ({Aythya ferina}); -- called also             {goldhead}, {poker}, and {fresh-water, [or] red-headed},             {widgeon}.       (b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the             European poachard.          {Red-crested poachard} (Zo[94]l.), an Old World duck ({Branta             rufina}).          {Scaup poachard}, the scaup duck.          {Tufted poachard}, a scaup duck ({Aythya, [or] Fuligula             cristata}), native of Europe and Asia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poker \Pok"er\, n. [From {Poke} to push.]       1. One who pokes.          2. That which pokes or is used in poking, especially a metal             bar or rod used in stirring a fire of coals.          3. A poking-stick. --Decker.          4. (Zo[94]l.) The poachard. [Prov. Eng.]          {Poker picture}, a picture formed in imitation of             bisterwashed drawings, by singeing the surface of wood             with a heated poker or other iron.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poker \Pok"er\, n. [Of uncertain etymol.]       A game at cards derived from brag, and first played about       1835 in the Southwestern United States. --Johnson's Cyc.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poker \Pok"er\, n. [Cf. Dan. pokker the deuce, devil, also W.       pwci, a hobgoblin, bugbear, and E. puck.]       Any imagined frightful object, especially one supposed to       haunt the darkness; a bugbear. [Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poachard \Poach"ard\, n. [From {Poach} to stab.] [Written also       {pocard}, {pochard}.] (Zo[94]l.)       (a) A common European duck ({Aythya ferina}); -- called also             {goldhead}, {poker}, and {fresh-water, [or] red-headed},             {widgeon}.       (b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the             European poachard.          {Red-crested poachard} (Zo[94]l.), an Old World duck ({Branta             rufina}).          {Scaup poachard}, the scaup duck.          {Tufted poachard}, a scaup duck ({Aythya, [or] Fuligula             cristata}), native of Europe and Asia.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Poser \Pos"er\, n.       One who, or that which, puzzles; a difficult or inexplicable       question or fact. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Itch \Itch\, n.       1. (Med.) An eruption of small, isolated, acuminated             vesicles, produced by the entrance of a parasitic mite             (the {Sarcoptes scabei}), and attended with itching. It is             transmissible by contact.          2. Any itching eruption.          3. A sensation in the skin occasioned (or resembling that             occasioned) by the itch eruption; -- called also             {scabies}, {psora}, etc.          4. A constant irritating desire.                         An itch of being thought a divine king. --Dryden.          {Baker's itch}. See under {Baker}.          {Barber's itch}, sycosis.          {Bricklayer's itch}, an eczema of the hands attended with             much itching, occurring among bricklayers.          {Grocer's itch}, an itching eruption, being a variety of             eczema, produced by the sugar mite ({Tyrogluphus             sacchari}).          {Itch insect} (Zo[94]l.), a small parasitic mite ({Sarcoptes             scabei}) which burrows and breeds beneath the human skin,             thus causing the disease known as the itch. See Illust. in             Append.          {Itch mite}. (Zo[94]l.) Same as {Itch insect}, above. Also,             other similar mites affecting the lower animals, as the             horse and ox.          {Sugar baker's itch}, a variety of eczema, due to the action             of sugar upon the skin.          {Washerwoman's itch}, eczema of the hands and arms, occurring             among washerwomen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pucker \Puck"er\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Puckered}; p. pr. &       vb. n. {Puckering}.] [From {Poke} a pocket, small bag.]       To gather into small folds or wrinkles; to contract into       ridges and furrows; to corrugate; -- often with up; as, to       pucker up the mouth. [bd]His skin [was] puckered up in       wrinkles.[b8] --Spectator.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pucker \Puck"er\, n.       1. A fold; a wrinkle; a collection of folds.          2. A state of perplexity or anxiety; confusion; bother;             agitation. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puckery \Puck"er*y\, a.       1. Producing, or tending to produce, a pucker; as, a puckery             taste. --Lowell.          2. Inclined to become puckered or wrinkled; full of puckers             or wrinkles.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puggaree \Pug"ga*ree\, n.       Same as {Puggry}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puggry \Pug"gry\, Puggree \Pug"gree\, n. [Written also       {puggaree}, {puggeree}, etc.] [Hind. pag[rsdot]i turban.]       A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the       head from the sun. [India] --Yule.                   A blue-gray felt hat with a gold puggaree. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puggaree \Pug"ga*ree\, n.       Same as {Puggry}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puggry \Pug"gry\, Puggree \Pug"gree\, n. [Written also       {puggaree}, {puggeree}, etc.] [Hind. pag[rsdot]i turban.]       A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the       head from the sun. [India] --Yule.                   A blue-gray felt hat with a gold puggaree. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pugger \Pug"ger\, v. t.       To pucker. [Obs.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puggry \Pug"gry\, Puggree \Pug"gree\, n. [Written also       {puggaree}, {puggeree}, etc.] [Hind. pag[rsdot]i turban.]       A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the       head from the sun. [India] --Yule.                   A blue-gray felt hat with a gold puggaree. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puggry \Pug"gry\, Puggree \Pug"gree\, n. [Written also       {puggaree}, {puggeree}, etc.] [Hind. pag[rsdot]i turban.]       A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the       head from the sun. [India] --Yule.                   A blue-gray felt hat with a gold puggaree. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puggry \Pug"gry\, Puggree \Pug"gree\, n. [Written also       {puggaree}, {puggeree}, etc.] [Hind. pag[rsdot]i turban.]       A light scarf wound around a hat or helmet to protect the       head from the sun. [India] --Yule.                   A blue-gray felt hat with a gold puggaree. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puker \Puk"er\, n.       1. One who pukes, vomits.          2. That which causes vomiting. --Garth .
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pusher \Push"er\, n.       One who, or that which, pushes.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Puzzier \Puz"zier\, n.       One who, or that which, puzzles or perplexes.                   Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads. --Brome.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pykar \Pyk"ar\, n.       An ancient English fishing boat.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pajaro, CA (CDP, FIPS 55044)       Location: 36.90010 N, 121.74086 W       Population (1990): 3332 (746 housing units)       Area: 2.7 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Picher, OK (city, FIPS 58550)       Location: 36.98611 N, 94.83180 W       Population (1990): 1714 (864 housing units)       Area: 5.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)       Zip code(s): 74360
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]:
poser n.   A {wannabee}; not hacker slang, but used among    crackers, phreaks and {warez d00dz}.   Not as negative as {lamer} or    {leech}.   Probably derives from a similar usage among punk-rockers    and metalheads, putting down those who "talk the talk but don't walk    the walk".
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
pager          1. (Or "beeper", "bleeper" (UK?))       A small wireless receiver that, when triggered (generally via       phone), will beep or vibrate (un)pleasantly.   The wearer will       have been trained to respond to this signal by looking at a       small screen on the device for an unimportant message.          In recent years, pagers have grown more complex, allowing for       long {alphanumeric} messages to be received and scrolled       though (as opposed to earlier models, which supported only       short numeric messages); at the same time as pager functions       are integrated into some {PDA}s.   If this trend continues, the       distinction between {PDA}s and high-end {pagers} will       disappear.          {Short Message Service} allows a mobile phone to display a       message, just like an alphanumeric pager.          2. A program for viewing a {text file} a screenful at a       time via a text {terminal}, as opposed to scrolling through it       in a {GUI} window, or {cat}ting it all at once to the       terminal.          The best known pagers are {more}, {less}, pg and list.com.          (1997-09-11)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PASRO          {PAScal} for RObots.          ["PASRO - Pascal for Robots", C. Blume et al, Springer 1985].          (1999-07-19)
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PCjr          {IBM PCjr}
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
PC-ware          Pejorative term for software full of {PC-ism}s on a machine       with a more capable {operating system}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
phacker          A telephone system {cracker}.   A       phacker may attempt to gain unauthorised access to a phone       system in order to make free or untraceable calls or he may       disrupt, alter or illegally tap phone systems via computer.          The disruptions may include causing a phone line to be engaged       so no calls go in or out, redirecting outgoing or incoming       calls, as well as listening to actual calls made.          Phackers are frequently confidence tricksters or phone freaks       (nuisance callers who can only relate to other people by       phone).   Phackers are sometimes employed by illegal       enterprises to conduct business using untraceable calls, or to       disrupt, or follow legal authorities' investigations.       Phackers interventions may be lethal to the person being       phacked.          A phacker may be a phone company employee, or usually,       ex-employee who specialises in illegal phone system       disruption, alteration or tapping via physically altering       installations.   A phacker is generally considered to be a       socially and intellectually retarded cracker.          See {Captain Crunch}.          (1998-08-09)
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pashur       release. (1.) The son of Immer (probably the same as Amariah,       Neh. 10:3; 12:2), the head of one of the priestly courses, was       "chief governor [Heb. paqid nagid, meaning "deputy governor"] of       the temple" (Jer. 20:1, 2). At this time the _nagid_, or       "governor," of the temple was Seraiah the high priest (1 Chr.       6:14), and Pashur was his _paqid_, or "deputy." Enraged at the       plainness with which Jeremiah uttered his solemn warnings of       coming judgements, because of the abounding iniquity of the       times, Pashur ordered the temple police to seize him, and after       inflicting on him corporal punishment (forty stripes save one,       Deut. 25:3; comp. 2 Cor. 11:24), to put him in the stocks in the       high gate of Benjamin, where he remained all night. On being set       free in the morning, Jeremiah went to Pashur (Jer. 20:3, 5), and       announced to him that God had changed his name to       Magor-missabib, i.e., "terror on every side." The punishment       that fell upon him was probably remorse, when he saw the ruin he       had brought upon his country by advising a close alliance with       Egypt in opposition to the counsels of Jeremiah (20:4-6). He was       carried captive to Babylon, and died there.                (2.) A priest sent by king Zedekiah to Jeremiah to inquire of       the Lord (1 Chr. 24:9; Jer. 21:1; 38:1-6). He advised that the       prophet should be put to death.                (3.) The father of Gedaliah. He was probably the same as (1).
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Pashur, that extends or multiplies the hole; whiteness