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pannier(dictionary)

caesium (oh) and pannier(1) (iou)


caesium (oh)



[Date: 1800-1900; Language: Latin; Origin: caesius 'bluish grey']
a soft silver-white metal that is used in photoelectric cells . It is a chemical element : symbol Cs

pannier(1) (iou)



pannier noun1 & verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French panier, pannier from Latin panarium bread basket, from panis bread: see -IER.]
A. noun.
a. A basket; esp. a large one for carrying provisions, fish, or Other Commodities. Now chiefly, a basket carried by a beast of burden (usu. either of a pair, one on each side, slung across the back), or on a person's shoulders. ME.
b. The amount contained in a pannier. E18.
Hist. A covered basket for holding surgical instruments and medicines for a military ambulance. M19.
A frame formerly used to distend the skirt of a woman's dress at the hips. Also, a part of a dress looped up at the hips, or attached so as to drape over them. M19.
In full pannier bag. A bag or box attached beside the rear wheel of a bicycle or motorcycle (usu. either of a pair, attached one on each side). M20.
Comb.: pannier bag: see sense 4 above; pannierman (obsolete exc. Hist.) (a) a paid officer at the Inns of Court who brought provisions from market and had duties relating to the serving of meals; (b) a man in charge of a pannier or panniers, or who took goods to market in panniers; pannier pocket a large pocket attached to the side of a skirt or dress; pannier tank a small steam locomotive with a protruding water tank on each side of the boiler.
b. verb trans. Provide with a pannier or panniers; place (as) in a pannier. rare. L16.
panniered adjective laden with a pannier or panniers M18.