Pat"tern , n. (Gun.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of
a shotgun on a vertical
target perpendicular
to the plane of fire.
Pat"tern , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Patterned (?);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Patterning.]
1. To make or design (anything) by, from, or after, something that serves as a
pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate. Milton.
[A temple] patterned from that which Adam reared in Paradise.
Sir T. Herbert.
2. To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
To pattern after, to imitate; to follow.
Pat"tern (?), n. [OE.
patron, F. patron, a patron, also, a pattern. See Patron.]
1. Anything proposed for imitation; an archetype; an exemplar; that which is
to be, or is worthy to
be, copied or imitated; as, a pattern of a machine.
I will be the pattern of all patience.
Shak. 2. A part showing the figure or
quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
He compares the pattern with the whole piece.
Swift. 3. Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a
dress pattern.
4. Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
5. Something made after a model; a copy. Shak.
The patterns of things in the heavens.
Heb.
ix. 23. 6. Anything cut or formed to
serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
7. (Founding) A full-sized
model around which a mold
of sand is made, to receive the melted metal. It is
usually made of wood and in several parts, so as to be removed from the mold without injuring it.
Pattern box, chain, or cylinder (Figure Weaving), devices, in a loom, for
presenting several shuttles to
the picker in the proper
succession for forming the figure. -- Pattern card. (a) A set of samples
on a card. (b) (Weaving) One of the perforated cards in a Jacquard apparatus. -- Pattern reader, one who arranges textile patterns. -- Pattern wheel (Horology), a count- wheel.
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