Panegyrize
(Pan"e*gy*rize) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Panegyrized ; p. pr. & vb. n. Panegyrizing ] [Gr. .
See Panegyrist.] To praise highly; to extol in a public speech; to write or deliver a panegyric upon; to
eulogize.
Panegyrize
(Pan"e*gy*rize), v. i. To indulge in panegyrics. Mitford.
Panegyry
(Pan"e*gyr`y) n. A panegyric. [Obs.] Milton.
Panel
(Pan"el) n. [Orig., a little piece; OF. panel, pannel, F. panneau, dim. of pan skirt, lappet, part or
piece of a wall, side. See 2d Pane.]
1. (Arch.) A sunken compartment with raised margins, molded or otherwise, as in ceilings, wainscotings,
etc.
2. (Law) (a) A piece of parchment or a schedule, containing the names of persons summoned as
jurors by the sheriff; hence, more generally, the whole jury. Blackstone. (b) (Scots Law) A prisoner
arraigned for trial at the bar of a criminal court. Burrill.
3. Formerly, a piece of cloth serving as a saddle; hence, a soft pad beneath a saddletree to prevent
chafing.
4. (Joinery) A board having its edges inserted in the groove of a surrounding frame; as, the panel of a
door.
5. (Masonry) One of the faces of a hewn stone. Gwilt.
6. (Painting) A slab or plank of wood upon which, instead of canvas, a picture is painted.
7. (Mining) (a) A heap of dressed ore. (b) One of the districts divided by pillars of extra size, into
which a mine is laid off in one system of extracting coal.
8. (Dressmaking) A plain strip or band, as of velvet or plush, placed at intervals lengthwise on the skirt
of a dress, for ornament.
9. A portion of a framed structure between adjacent posts or struts, as in a bridge truss.
Panel game,
a method of stealing money in a panel house. — Panel house, a house of prostitution
in which the rooms have secret entrances to facilitate theft by accomplices of the inmates. — Panel
saw, handsaw with fine teeth, — used for cutting out panels, etc. — Panel thief, one who robs in a
panel house.
Panel
(Pan"el) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paneled or Panelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paneling or Panelling.] To
form in or with panels; as, to panel a wainscot.
Paneled back (Arch.),
the paneled work covering the window back. See Window back.
Panelation
(Pan`el*a"tion) n. The act of impaneling a jury. [Obs.] [Written also panellation.] Wood.
Paneless
(Pane"less) a. Without panes.
To patch his paneless window.
Shenstone. Paneling
(Pan"el*ing) n. A forming in panels; panelwork. [Written also panelling.]
Panelwork
(Pan"el*work`) n. (Arch.) Wainscoting.