Vocabulary : Pax to Pay rock

Pax : Friendship, or a friend; -- esp. in the phrases to make pax with, to make friends with, to be good pax, to be good friends; also, truce; -- used esp. interjectionally. ;; The kiss of peace; also, the embrace in the sanctuary now substituted for it at High Mass in Roman Catholic churches. ;; A tablet or board, on which is a representation of Christ, of the Virgin Mary, or of some saint and which, in the Mass, was kissed by the priest and then by the people, in mediaeval times; an osculatory. It is still used in communities, confraternities, etc.
Paxilli : of Paxillus
Paxillose : Resembling a little stake.
Paxillus : One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix.
Paxwax : The strong ligament of the back of the neck in quadrupeds. It connects the back of the skull with dorsal spines of the cervical vertebrae, and helps to support the head. Called also paxywaxy and packwax.

Paxywaxy : See Paxwax.
Pay : To cover, as bottom of a vessel, a seam, a spar, etc., with tar or pitch, or waterproof composition of tallow, resin, etc.; to smear. ;; To satisfy, or content; specifically, to satisfy (another person) for service rendered, property delivered, etc.; to discharge one's obligation to; to make due return to; to compensate; to remunerate; to recompense; to requite; as, to pay workmen or servants. ;; Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon. ;; To discharge, as a debt, demand, or obligation, by giving or doing what is due or required; to deliver the amount or value of to the person to whom it is owing; to discharge a debt by delivering (money owed). ;; To discharge or fulfill, as a duy; to perform or render duty, as that which has been promised. ;; To give or offer, without an implied obligation; as, to pay attention; to pay a visit. ;; To give a recompense; to make payment, requital, or satisfaction; to discharge a debt. ;; Hence,
Pay Cerps : A staff corps in the United States navy, consisting of pay directors, pay inspectors, paymasters, passed assistant paymasters, and assistant paymasters, having relative rank from captain to ensign, respectively.
Pay dirt : Alt. of Pay rock
Pay rock : Earth, rock, etc., which yields a profit to the miner.

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