Panic
(Pan"ic), a. [Gr. of or pertaining to Pan, to whom the causing of sudden fright was ascribed: cf.
F. panique.] Extreme or sudden and causeless; unreasonable; - - said of fear or fright; as, panic fear,
terror, alarm. "A panic fright." Dryden.
Panic
(Pan"ic), n. [Gr. (with or without fear): cf. F. panigue. See Panic, a.]
1. A sudden, overpowering fright; esp., a sudden and groundless fright; terror inspired by a trifling cause
or a misapprehension of danger; as, the troops were seized with a panic; they fled in a panic.
2. By extension: A sudden widespread fright or apprehension concerning financial affairs.
Panical
(Pan"ic*al) a. See Panic, a. [Obs.] Camden.
Panicle
(Pan"i*cle) n. [L. panicula a tuft on plants, dim. of panus the thread wound upon the bobbin
in a shuttle; cf. Gr. prob. akin to E. pane: cf. F. panicule. See 2d Pane.] (Bot.) A pyramidal form of
inflorescence, in which the cluster is loosely branched below and gradually simpler toward the end.
Panicled
(Pan"i*cled) a. (Bot.) Furnished with panicles; arranged in, or like, panicles; paniculate.
Panic-stricken
(Pan"ic-strick`en Pan"ic-struck`) , a. Struck with a panic, or sudden fear. Burke.
Paniculate
(Pa*nic"u*late Pa*nic"u*la`ted) a. [See Panicle.] (Bot) Same as Panicled.
Panicum
(||Pan"i*cum) n. [L., panic grass.] (Bot.) A genus of grasses, including several hundred species,
some of which are valuable; panic grass.
Panidiomorphic
(Pan*id`i*o*mor"phic) a. [Pan- + idiomorphic.] (Geol.) Having a completely idiomorphic
structure; — said of certain rocks.
Panier
(Pan"ier) n. See Pannier, 3. [Obs.]
Panification
(Pan`i*fi*ca"tion) n. [L. panis bread + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. panification.] The
act or process of making bread. Ure.
Panim
(Pa"nim) n. See Painim. [Obs.] Milton.
Panislamism
(Pan*is"lam*ism) n. [Pan- + Islamism.] A desire or plan for the union of all Mohammedan
nations for the conquest of the world.
Panivorous
(Pa*niv"o*rous) a. [L. panis bread + vorare to devour.] Eating bread; subsisting on bread.
Pannade
(Pan*nade") n. The curvet of a horse.
Pannage
(Pan"nage) n. [OF. pasnage, LL. pasnadium, pastinaticum, fr. pastionare to feed on mast,
as swine, fr. L. pastio a pasturing, grazing. See Pastor.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) The food of swine in
the woods, as beechnuts, acorns, etc.; — called also pawns. (b) A tax paid for the privilege of feeding
swine in the woods.
Pannary
(Pan"na*ry) a. See Panary. Loudon.
Pannel
(Pan"nel) n. [See Panel.]
1. A kind of rustic saddle. Tusser.
2. (Falconry) The stomach of a hawk. Ainsworth.
3. (Mil.) A carriage for conveying a mortar and its bed, on a march. Farrow.
