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Paceth vs Paweth - What's the difference?

paceth | paweth |

As verbs the difference between paceth and paweth

is that paceth is third-person singular of pace while paweth is archaic third-person singular of paw.

paceth

English

Verb

(head)
  • (pace)
  • * {{quote-book, year=1818, author=Lucy Aikin, title=Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=* * * * * Queen Elizabeth to the king of Scots: "When the first blast of a strange, unused, and seld heard of sound had pierced my ears, I supposed that flying fame, who with swift quills oft paceth with the worst, had brought report of some untruth, but when too too many records in your open parliament were witnesses of such pronounced words, not more to my disgrace than to your dishonor, who did forget that (above all other regard) a prince's word ought utter nought of any, much less of a king, than such as to which truth might say Amen: But you, neglecting all care of yourself, what danger of reproach, besides somewhat else, might light upon you, have chosen so unseemly a theme to charge your only careful friend withal, of such matter as (were you not amazed in all senses) could not have been expected at your hands; of such imagined untruths as were never thought of in our time; and do wonder what evil spirits have possessed you, to set forth so infamous devices void of any show of truth. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1893, author=William Watson, title=The Poems of William Watson, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=The master paceth up and down his halls, And in the empty hours Can hear the tottering of his towers And tremor of their bases underground. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Virna Sheard, title=The Miracle and Other Poems, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Through forest aisles while the wind chanteth low-- In God's cathedral where the great trees grow, Now all day long he paceth to and fro. }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=William Morris, title=The Story of the Glittering Plain, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=Then that small voice made a word and said: "Why paceth the fool up and down our hall, doing nothing, even as the Ravens flap croaking about the crags, abiding the war-mote and the clash of the fallow blades?" }}

    paweth

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (paw)

  • paw

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pa

    Etymology 1

    The word probably has an origin in : see ‘pa’ .

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nonstandard, or, rural) Father; pa.
  • Synonyms
    * (father :) pawpaw, pa, papa, father, dad, daddy, pappy
    Hypernyms
    * (father :) parent
    Hyponyms
    * (father :) step-paw
    Coordinate terms
    * maw, brother, sis/sissy
    Derived terms
    * pawpaw

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) pawe'', from (etyl) '' *''p?ta'' (compare Dutch ''poot'', Low German Pote, German ''Pfote''), from *''p?ton'' 'to put, stick, plant' (compare Dutch ''poten'' 'to plant'), from (etyl) 'paw'), Ancient Greek "????". More at put.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The soft foot of a mammal or other animal, generally a quadruped, that has claws or nails; comparable to a human hand or foot.
  • (humorous) A hand.
  • Get your grubby paws off my things!
    Synonyms
    * (of a mammal :) hand, foot
    Hypernyms
    * (foot of a mammal :) limb extremity
    Meronyms
    * claw, finger
    Holonyms
    * limb
    Coordinate terms
    * hoof, talon
    Derived terms
    * paw (verb ) * pawprint(s) * catpaw

    Etymology 3

    From the noun paw'', meaning ''an animal's hand or foot .

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (of an animal) To go through something (such as a garbage can) with paws
  • (of an animal) To gently push on something with a paw.
  • (of an animal) To draw the forefoot along the ground; to beat or scrape with the forefoot.
  • * Bible, Job xxxix. 21
  • He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength: he goeth on to meet the armed men.
  • (by extension, of a human) To touch someone (with the hands) in a sexual way.
  • * August 17 1997 , Robert Spector, in misc.fitness.weights :
  • IronMan used to be good in this way, back in the '80s. They wouldn't subscribe to the old, "Let's put a male bodybuilder with silicone babes pawing him" cover that's mainstay now.
  • * October 26 1997 , Verbotene, quoted by Amy McWilliams, in rec.arts.tv.soaps.abc :
  • So, Katherine was out with Luke and they were both quite dolled up and swoon-worthy. Katherine fawned all over Luke and pawed him, but to what end? Was Stefan supposed to believe that Luke and Katherine have some sort of a thing going? What was the point of this display from Katherine's perspective?
  • * July 18 2002 , Lurker Dave, in rec.arts.comics.marvel.universe :
  • Subtlety is great, but what exactly happened with Jessica and the cop during sex that he locked her up afterwards? Also, what was the item she nicked from his shirt while she pawed him?
  • (by extension, of a human) To clumsily dig through something.
  • Hypernyms
    * (to go through something with paws) handle * (to gently push on something) touch
    See also
    * palpate * paw off

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