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Begin file 7 of 11: P and Q. of An electronic field-marked version of:

This electronic version was prepared by MICRA, Inc. of Plainfield, NJ. Last edit February 11, 1999.

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P , the sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, is a nonvocal consonant whose form and value come from the Latin, into which language the letter was brought, through the ancient Greek, from the Ph?nician, its probable origin being Egyptian. Etymologically P is most closely related to b, f, and v; as hobble, hopple; father, paternal; recipient, receive. See B, F, and M.

See Guide to Pronunciation, ?? 247, 248, and 184- 195.

Pa , n. A shortened form of Papa.

Pa"age , n. A toll for passage over another person's grounds. Burke.

||Paard , n. The zebra.

Paas , n. Pace Chaucer

Paas , n. The Easter festival. Bartlett.

Paas egg. See Easter egg, under Easter.

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