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单词 pandy
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pandy1

/ˈpandi/
Chiefly Scottish, English regional (northern ), and Irish English
noun
A stroke on the palm of the hand with a tawse, ruler, or rod, given as a punishment to children in schools.

Origin

Mid 18th century. Probably from post-classical Latin pande (in pande manum ‘stretch out your hand!’ from classical Latin pande, 2nd singular imperative of pandere to stretch or spread + manum, accusative singular of manus hand; compare classical Latin pandere manūs), with the ending remodelled after -y.

Pandy2

/ˈpandi/
(also Pande) originally and chiefly British Army slang. Now chiefly historical
noun
A sepoy; specifically a sepoy participating in the Mutiny of 1857–8.

Origin

Mid 19th century. From Bengali and Hindi pãṛe high-caste subdivision of the Brahmins, also used as a surname which was very common among the high-caste sepoys of the Bengal army; one of those bearing the surname was Mangul Pãṛe, the first man to mutiny in the 34th Regiment.

Pandy3

/ˈpandi/ /ˈpɑːndi/
Medicine
noun
Attributive and in the genitive. Designating a test for the presence of globulins in cerebrospinal fluid, in which the protein is precipitated by a dilute aqueous solution of phenol (or one of several other reagents); chiefly in Pandy('s) test.

Origin

Early 20th century; earliest use found in Lewellys Barker (1867–1943). From the name of Kálmán Pándy, Hungarian neurologist, who described the test in 1910 (Neurol. Centralbl. 29 915).

pandy4

/ˈpandi/
Chiefly Scottish and Irish English
verb
[with object] To strike or beat (a person, especially a schoolchild) on the palm of the hand with a tawse, ruler, cane, etc., as a punishment.

Origin

Mid 18th century. From pandy. Compare palmy.

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