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Webster 1913 Edition

Pat

Pat

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Patted
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Patting
.]
[Cf. G.
patschen
, Prov. G.
patzen
, to strike, tap.]
To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to stroke lightly; to tap;
as, to
pat
a dog
.
Gay
pats
my shoulder, and you vanish quite.
Pope.

Pat

,
Noun.
1.
A light, quik blow or stroke with the fingers or hand; a tap.
2.
A small mass, as of butter, shaped by pats.
It looked like a tessellated work of
pats
of butter.
Dickens.

Pat

,
Adj.
[Cf.
pat
a light blow, D.
te pas
convenient, pat, where
pas
is fr. F.
passer
to pass.]
Exactly suitable; fit; convenient; timely.
“Pat allusion.”
Barrow.

Pat

,
adv.
In a pat manner.
I foresaw then ’t would come in
pat
hereafter.
Sterne.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pat

PAT

,
Adj.
Fit; convenient; exactly suitable either as to time or place. [Not an elegant word, but admissible in burlesque.]

PAT

,
adv.
Fitly; conveniently.

PAT

,
Noun.
A light quick blow or stroke with the fingers or hand.

PAT

,
Verb.
T.
To strike gently with the fingers or hand; to tap.
Gay pats my shoulder and you vanish quite.

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