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Webster 1913 Edition
Pattern
1.
Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be, or is worthy to be, copied or imitated;
as, a
. pattern
of a machineI will be the
pattern
of all patience. Shakespeare
2.
A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
He compares the
pattern
with the whole piece. Swift.
3.
Stuff sufficient for a garment;
as, a dress
. pattern
4.
Figure or style of decoration; design;
as, wall paper of a beautiful
. pattern
5.
Something made after a model; a copy.
Shak.
The
patterns
of things in the heavens. Heb. ix. 23.
6.
Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects;
as, a dressmaker’s
. pattern
7.
(Founding)
A full-sized model around which a mold of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.
pattern box
, pattern chain
, or
pattern cylinder
(Figure Weaving)
, devices, in a loom, for presenting several shuttles to the picker in the proper succession for forming the figure.
– Pattern card
. (a)
A set of samples on a card
. (b)
(Weaving)
One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus.
– Pattern reader
, one who arranges textile patterns.
– Pattern wheel
(Horology)
, a count-wheel.
Pat′tern
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Patterned
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Patterning
.] 1.
To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
Milton.
[A temple]
patterned
from that which Adam reared in Paradise. Sir T. Herbert.
2.
To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
To pattern after
, to imitate; to follow.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pattern
PAT'TERN
, n.1.
An original or model proposed for imitation; the archetype; an exemplar; that which is to be copies or imitated, either in things or in actions; as the pattern of a machine; a pattern of patience. Christ was the most perfect pattern of rectitude,patience and submission ever exhibited on earth.2.
A specimen; a sample; a part showing the figure or quality of the whole;as a pattern of silk cloth.3.
An instance; an example.4.
Any thing cut of formed into the shape of something to be made after it.To pattern after, to imitate; to follow.