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others. "Partus Press – About". Partus Press. Retrieved 2020-05-28. "About Us". Partus Press. Retrieved 2016-02-18. "Partus forlag". Partus forlag. Retrieved
Partus_Press
It is currently edited by Luke Allan. The magazine is published by Partus Press. Founded in 1910 by Basil Blackwell, its editors have included Dorothy
Oxford_Poetry
Former legal doctrine of slavery by birth
Partus sequitur ventrem (lit. 'that which is born follows the womb'; also partus) was a legal doctrine passed in colonial Virginia in 1662 and other English
Partus_sequitur_ventrem
Icelandic poet (born 1989)
independent publishing companies: Meðgönguljóð (Partus forlag), basked in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Partus Press, based in the United Kingdom. She wrote for
Valgerður_Þóroddsdóttir
Singaporean writer and lawyer
Retrieved 18 February 2026. "Oxford Poetry (XVII.i)". Oxford Poetry. Partus Press. Retrieved 18 February 2026. "Volume 98 Number 2 Summer 2024". Prairie
Jerrold_Yam
Birth at less than a specified gestational age
(2007). Biological Pathways Leading to Preterm Birth. National Academies Press (US). Davey MA, Watson L, Rayner JA, Rowlands S (October 2015). "Risk-scoring
Preterm_birth
Icelandic novelist, poet and playwright
Harvill Secker, Harper Via Books, 2022 Waitress in Fall, Carcanet Press & Partus Press, 2018 Children in Reindeer Woods, Open Letter Books, 2012 In and
Kristín_Ómarsdóttir
British poet and critic
Branfoot, Tom (10 July 2025). "Contingency, with Horses". Oxford Poetry. Partus Press Ltd. Retrieved 17 July 2025. "Winners of the Northern Writers' Awards
Tom_Branfoot
Slave trade between Africa and the West
property of their owners, as children born to slave mothers were also slaves (partus sequitur ventrem). As property, the people were considered merchandise or
Atlantic_slave_trade
Mixed race children of slave women and white men, often via rape
These children were born into slavery, through a legal doctrine known as partus sequitur ventrem. They were classified as mulattoes, a former term for a
Children_of_the_plantation
Free-born African American kidnapped by slave-traders
his older brother Joseph, were born free according to the principle of partus sequitur ventrem. Solomon described his mother as a quadroon, meaning that
Solomon_Northup
Enslaved woman in colonial America (1630–1665)
Virginia and other colonies incorporated a principle known as partus sequitur ventrem or partus, relating to chattel property. The legislation hardened the
Elizabeth_Key_Grinstead
American indentured servant and slave
In 1662, the Virginia Colony passed a law incorporating the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, ruling that children of enslaved mothers would be born
John_Casor
Slavery-era cultural convention
offers no path toward resolution." Children of the plantation Hypodescent Partus sequitur ventrem Anti-miscegenation law Slaves in the Family Mulatto § Louisiana
Shadow_family
One of the four Marian dogmas
Ambrose, Archbishop of Milan, was a prominent defender of Mary's virginity in partu and became a principal target of contemporary accusations of Manicheism
Perpetual_virginity_of_Mary
English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
well as on the topic of philosophical reform in the lost tract Temporis Partus Maximus. Yet he failed to gain a position that he thought would lead him
Francis_Bacon
Latin American doctrine that children of slaves could not automatically be enslaved
that all wombs bore free children. It abolished the legal principle of partus sequitur ventrem, which held that children of slaves were also slaves. Intended
Freedom_of_wombs
Whipping as a punishment
(Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1937), p. 8. Weigley, Russell (1984). History of the United States Army. Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0253203236. Thomas
Flagellation
Indian actor
Award for Best Supporting Actor – Marathi twice for his films Fandry and Partu. Kishor won critical acclaim for his performance in the lead role in Samar
Kishor_Kadam
Kidnapping people to serve as sailors
engaged in this form of kidnapping were known as crimps. The related term press gang refers specifically to impressment practices in the United Kingdom's
Shanghaiing
Polyphyletic ethnonym in the United States
white women (whose status made their children free by the principle of partus sequitur ventrem) and African men: free, indentured servants and slaves
Black_Dutch_(genealogy)
American freed slave (1805–1877)
to adulthood. Enslaved since birth, in accord with the legal doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem, Hemings grew up on Jefferson's Monticello plantation,
Madison_Hemings
colonies' laws as early as 1662. Virginia incorporated the Roman principle of partus sequitur ventrem into slave law, saying that children of enslaved mothers
Race and ethnicity in the United States
Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_United_States
American abolitionist (1818–1895)
University Press. online. Vogel, Todd, ed. (2001). The Black Press: New Literary and Historical Essays. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. Wallace
Frederick_Douglass
increased press freedom, but these moves were soon reversed. The Press Law which was implemented in July 1965, gave considerable freedom to the press for the
Human_rights_in_Afghanistan
Slave of Thomas Jefferson (c. 1773–1835)
born to enslaved mothers were considered enslaved under the principle of partus sequitur ventrem: the enslaved status of a child followed that of the mother
Sally_Hemings
The Atlantic World. Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0674025684. Morgan, Jennifer L. (April 3, 2018). "Partus sequitur ventrem: Law, Race, and Reproduction
Enslaved women's resistance in the United States and Caribbean
Enslaved_women's_resistance_in_the_United_States_and_Caribbean
flagrantly practiced interracial, common-law marriages with slaves (see Partus sequitur ventrem). In New Orleans, most sales were made between September
Slavery_in_the_United_States
University Press. 117-120 Phillips, W. D. (1985). Slavery from Roman Times to the Early Transatlantic Trade. Storbritannien: Manchester University Press. p63
Venetian_slave_trade
First official slave in the Thirteen Colonies
enslavement, in 1662, the Virginia colony incorporated the principle of partus sequitur ventrem into slave law. This law held that children in the colonies
John_Punch_(slave)
were born free, because the mother was free (according to the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, which the colonists incorporated into law). While numerous
Interracial relations among Native Americans in the United States
Interracial_relations_among_Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
Indentured servant, farmer, enslaver (1600–1670)
the social status of their mother, according to the Roman principle of partus sequitur ventrem. This meant that the children of slave women were born
Anthony_Johnson_(colonist)
American farmer and entrepreneur (1859–1967)
enslaved by William Grove, who owned a nearby plantation. According to the Partus sequitur ventrem law, the children of Martin and Mary were property of Anderson
Junius_George_Groves
Township in Essex County, New Jersey, US
cyclist who was the first woman to win a national title in cycling Fred Paul Partus (born 1943), inventor and engineer known for his contributions to the development
Belleville,_New_Jersey
connotation. Mulatto § Louisiana for blood quantum terminology Negro and Nigger Partus sequitur ventrem Marshall, Theodora Britton; Evans, Gladys Crail (1939)
Glossary_of_American_slavery
American journalist and civil rights activist (1862–1931)
and Peggy's white enslaver, thus he was enslaved under the doctrine of partus sequitur ventrem. When James was 18, his father brought him to Holly Springs
Ida_B._Wells
Refugee enslaved woman, enslaved by George and Martha Washington
predominantly of European heritage, she was born into slavery under the premise of partus sequitur ventrem, by which a child was assigned the legal status of the
Ona_Judge
African-American abolitionist (1822–1913)
(2013). "Tubman, Harriet". Encyclopedia of Social Work. NASW Press and Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780199975839.013.809. ISBN 978-0-19-997583-9
Harriet_Tubman
German immigrant to the US, then enslaved, and freed in 1845
wives. Under the legal doctrine of partus sequitur ventrum (literally "the child follows the womb", also known as partus), the children were held as born
Sally_Miller
European medieval social class
the mother would be the child's liege, for the child "followed the womb" (partus sequitor ventrem). Not everyone agrees with this interpretation, as some
Ministerialis
English colonial administrator
As governor, Berkeley oversaw the implementation of a policy known as partus sequitur ventrem, which mandated that all babies born to enslaved parents
William_Berkeley_(governor)
University Press. p. 51 Phillips, W. D. (1985). Slavery from Roman Times to the Early Transatlantic Trade. Storbritannien: Manchester University Press. p. 51
Slavery_in_France
American politician (1800–1865)
Louisa, who were enslaved at birth, according to the legal principle of partus, which transferred the mother's status as free or enslaved to her children
Samuel_Tredwell_Sawyer
Practice of slavery in Muslim era Spain
University Press. p153 Concubines and Courtesans: Women and Slavery in Islamic History. (2017). Storbritannien: Oxford University Press. p146 Concubines
Slavery_in_al-Andalus
Tracing of kinship through the female line
enslaved women inherited their mother's status following the principle of Partus sequitur ventrem. A significant consequence of this is that children resulting
Matrilineality
Queen of Aragon from 1137 to 1164
volumus pervenire quoniam ego Peronella regina aragonensis jacens et in partu laborans apud Barchinonam. Bisson 1984, p. 50. Colección de documentos inéditos
Petronilla_of_Aragon
Historical figure, heroine on French Guadeloupe (c. 1772 – 1802)
de Solitude. Femmes et esclavage aux Antilles du XVIIe au XIXe siècle, Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2010 Media related to La Mulâtresse Solitude
La_Mulâtresse_Solitude
University Press. p. 88 The Cambridge World History of Slavery: Volume 2, AD 500-AD 1420. (2021). Storbritannien: Cambridge University Press. p. 88 The
Slave trade in the Mongol Empire
Slave_trade_in_the_Mongol_Empire
American planter, slave trader and lawyer
enslaved, the children were all born into slavery under the principle of partus sequitur ventrum, which had been part of the law since 1662. They were three-quarters
John_Wayles
African-American abolitionist (1796–1830)
father was enslaved, his mother was free; therefore, he was free as well (partus sequitur ventrem). In 1829, while living in Boston, Massachusetts, with
David_Walker_(abolitionist)
Trade among three ports or regions
Kingdom: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-46020-4. Klein, Herbert S. The Atlantic Slave Trade. Cambridge University Press 1999. p. 101. Whatley, Warren
Triangular_trade
Acquisition of citizenship by virtue of the circumstances of one's birth
enslaved persons and children of enslaved mothers, under the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, were excluded. Also, until the 20th century, the citizenship
Birthright citizenship in the United States
Birthright_citizenship_in_the_United_States
belonged to their owners. After 1662, when Virginia adopted the legal doctrine partus sequitur ventrem, sexual relations between white men and black women were
Treatment of slaves in the United States
Treatment_of_slaves_in_the_United_States
Historical American social class
of the free Negro population: children born to colored free women (see Partus sequitur ventrem) mulatto children born to white indentured or free women
Free_Blacks
Laws enforcing racial segregation in the U.S.
University of Illinois Press. Dittmer, John (1980). Black Georgia in the Progressive Era, 1900–1920. University of Illinois Press. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-252-00813-9
Jim_Crow_laws
American architect (1807–1885)
would all be born free. Slavery states had incorporated the principle of partus sequitur ventrem into law since the colonial period, which said that children
Horace_King_(architect)
Society? The Practice of Slavery in Global Perspective. Cambridge University Press. p. 178. doi:10.1017/9781316534908.007. ISBN 9781316534908. Retrieved 9
Slavery in pre-Columbian America
Slavery_in_pre-Columbian_America
Racialized classification of people
slave mothers, they were born into slavery, according to the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, which Virginia adopted into law in 1662. Outside of the
Black_people
Racial classification
slavery. Starting with Virginia in 1662, colonies adopted the principle of partus sequitur ventrem in slave law, which said that children born in the colony
Mulatto
Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-820878-5. Falola, Toyin; Warnock, Amanda (2007). Encyclopedia of the Middle Passage. Greenwood Press. pp. xxi, xxxiii–xxxiv
Slavery_in_Britain
wealth gap (First Harvard University Press paperback ed.). Cambridge London: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-23747-6. Alexander
African-American_culture
State of living together as spouses while unmarried
principle that children took their mother's status, i.e., the principle of partus sequitur ventrem. This led to generations of multiracial slaves, some of
Concubinage
American planter and formerly enslaved person
regardless of the status of their fathers, according to the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, which had been incorporated into state law since the 17th
William_Ellison
University Press. Sex, Power, and Slavery. (2014). Grekland: Ohio University Press. Sex, Power, and Slavery. (2014). Grekland: Ohio University Press. Sex,
Slavery_in_Zanzibar
skin color, and the children of slave women were born slaves, known as partus sequitur ventrem. By the 1770s, African slaves comprised a fifth of the
History_of_the_United_States
Practice of binding books in human skin
Pinaei De integritatis & corruptionis virginum notis: graviditate item & partu naturali mulierum, opuscula. II. Ludov. Bonacioli Enneas muliebris. III
Anthropodermic_bibliopegy
1987 novel by Toni Morrison
Morrison's "Beloved"". Contemporary Literature. 32 (2). University of Wisconsin Press: 194–210. doi:10.2307/1208361. ISSN 1548-9949. JSTOR 1208361. Koolish, Lynda
Beloved_(novel)
American soldier (1825–1863)
"property" as the child of her mother. (This was according to the principle of partus sequitur ventrem in slave law.) Feliciana bought her daughter's freedom
André_Cailloux
Holy Roman Empress from 1114 to 1125; claimant to the English throne
The original Latin of the phrase runs Ortu magna, viro major, sed maxima partu, hic jacet Henrici filia, sponsa, parens. David Williamson (1986). Debrett's
Empress_Matilda
American Baptist pastor (1865–1953)
Both Sally's mother and grandmother were free; by Virginia's principle of partus sequitur ventrem in slave law, all of their children were also born free
Adam_Clayton_Powell_Sr.
Emergence of modern science (1572-1687)
Bacon, Francis (1605), Temporis Partus Maximus. Zagorin, Perez (1998), Francis Bacon, Princeton: Princeton University Press, p. 84, ISBN 978-0-691-00966-7
Scientific_Revolution
Danish physician, mathematician and theologian (1616–1680)
Copenhagen, 1662. De pulmonum substantia et motu. Copenhagen, 1663. De insolitis partus humani viis. Copenhagen, 1664. De medicina danorum domestica. Copenhagen
Thomas_Bartholin
Slavery: Volume 2, AD 500–AD 1420. (2021). (n.p.): Cambridge University Press. pp. 117–120 [1] Fleet, K. (1999). European and Islamic Trade in the Early
Balkan_slave_trade
Network for fugitive slaves in 19th-century U.S.
Georgia Press. ISBN 9780820366326. Finkinebine, Roy (2018). The Underground Railroad in "Indian Country": Northwest Ohio, 1795–1843. University Press of Florida
Underground_Railroad
Roman Christian theologian and writer (c. 155 – c. 220)
prophecies of the Old Testament. Tertullian denied Mary's virginity in partu, and he was quoted by Helvidius in his debate with Jerome. He held similar
Tertullian
Consensual or punitive unpaid labor
Chicago Press. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-226-21138-1. Bahadur, Gaiutra (2014). Coolie Woman: The Odyssey of Indenture. United States: University of Chicago Press. p
Indentured_servitude
Mixed-race ethnicity in Kentucky and Ohio from the antebellum era
men who were either indentured servants, free, or enslaved. According to partus sequitur ventrem, children were born into the social status of their mothers
Carmel_Melungeons
Non-elite-commoner-women slavery in Ottoman times
University Press, 2012. Sonbol, Amira El-Azhary (ed.). Beyond the Exotic: Women's Histories in Islamic Societies. Syracuse University Press, 2021. ISBN 9780815655435
Avret_Pazarları
U.S. state
children born to white mothers were considered free by the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, by which children took the social status of their mothers
Maryland
Slave Trade in the Rashidun Caliphate
USA: Darwin Press. p. 23 Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. (1987-08-20). A History of the Maghrib in the Islamic Period. Cambridge University Press. p. 34. ISBN 978-1-316-58334-0
Slavery in the Rashidun Caliphate
Slavery_in_the_Rashidun_Caliphate
University Press. p. 408 Phillips, W. D. (1985). Slavery from Roman Times to the Early Transatlantic Trade. Storbritannien: Manchester University Press. "The
Slavery in the Abbasid Caliphate
Slavery_in_the_Abbasid_Caliphate
Virginia royal colony approved a law adopting the principle of partus sequitur ventrem (called partus, for short), stating that any children born in the colony
Slavery in the colonial history of the United States
Slavery_in_the_colonial_history_of_the_United_States
System of immigration to the United States
Charles Caldwell Hawley (2014). A Kennecott Story. The University of Utah Press. pp. 117–119. Humbert S. Nelli, "The Italian padrone system in the United
Padrone_system
Title character of Uncle Tom's Cabin
2020-08-25.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) Press, Stanford University (5 June 2018). Start reading Uncle Tom | Adena Spingarn
Uncle_Tom
University Press. p. Brookes, Douglas Scott (2010). The Concubine, the Princess, and the Teacher: Voices from the Ottoman Harem. University of Texas Press. ISBN
Black_Sea_slave_trade
One of the First Africans in Virginia (born c. 1615)
(March 2018). "Partus sequitur ventrem: Law, Race, and Reproduction in Colonial Slavery". Small Axe. 22 (1). Duke University Press: 10–11. doi:10
John_Graweere
Slavery with the intention of using the slaves for sex
status of their mother at birth, under the Roman legal principle known as partus sequitur ventrem. Thus all children born to enslaved mothers were legally
Sexual_slavery
King of Aragon from 1134 to 1137/1157
volumus pervenire quoniam ego Peronella regina aragonensis jacens et in partu laborans apud Barchinonam. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ramiro
Ramiro_II_of_Aragon
Slave trade in Bukhara until the 19th century
Central Asia in World History. New Oxford World History. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-979317-4, p. 64 BARDA and BARDA-DĀRI iii. In the Islamic
Bukhara_slave_trade
Indigenous peoples of the United States
(Oxford University Press, 2000), 331. Barry Pritzker, A Native American Encyclopedia: History, Culture, and Peoples (Oxford University Press, 2000), 335. "About
Native Americans in the United States
Native_Americans_in_the_United_States
Period after American Civil War (1865–1877)
The Civil War in American Memory. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674022096. Paskoff, Paul F. (2008). "Measures of
Reconstruction_era
1st-century CE set of 42 Christian poems
and the midwife was absent, which suggests the doctrine of virginitas in partu meaning that Mary was still a virgin after childbirth. The statement could
Odes_of_Solomon
African-American plaintiff in freedom suit (c. 1799–1858)
2009). Mrs. Dred Scott: A Life on Slavery's Frontier. Oxford University Press, US. pp. 134–136. ISBN 978-0199710645. "Dred Scott, And Oakwood University"
Dred_Scott
Offensive term for a labourer from Asia
University Press. p. 211. Arnold, David (2020). The Colonial Prison: Power, Knowledge and Penology in Nineteenth-Century India. Oxford University Press. p. 150
Coolie
potential for producing more enslaved peoples. Due to the institution of partus sequitur ventrem, black women's wombs became the site where slavery was
Economics of slavery in the United States
Economics_of_slavery_in_the_United_States
Form of child sexual abuse in Central Asia
Introductory History" (PDF). Iranian Studies. 56 (1). Cambridge University Press: 161–180. doi:10.1017/irn.2022.42. ISSN 0021-0862. "Bacha bazi: the scandal
Bacha_bazi
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2020:38-77. doi:10.1017/9781108770316.002 Yermolenko 2010, p. 111. "Avalanche Press". www.avalanchepress.com. Glaz
Slavery_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
Slave markets in North Africa
Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-19-026278-5. Ruedy, John Douglas (2005). Modern Algeria: The Origins and Development of a Nation. Indiana University Press.
Barbary_slave_trade
American politician, lawyer and judge (1793–1869)
daughter Lucy Ann Berry, then about age 14. According to the principle of partus sequitur ventrem, since the mother had been proved a free woman at the time
Edward_Bates
1857 U.S. Supreme Court case on the citizenship of African-Americans
Illinois University Press, 2007, pp. 20-36. Graber, Mark. Dred Scott and the Problem of Constitutional Evil. Cambridge University Press, 2006. Jaffa, Harry
Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
PARTUS PRESS
PARTUS PRESS
Boy/Male
French
noble.
Male
Scandinavian
 Scandinavian form of Greek Pontios, PONTUS means "of the sea; seaman." Compare with another form of Pontus.
Surname or Lastname
English (chiefly West Midlands)
English (chiefly West Midlands) : habitational name from any of various places called Parton; most are named with Old English peretūn ‘pear orchard’ (a compound of pere ‘pear’ + tūn ‘enclosure’, with later change of -er- to -ar-, a regular phonetic development in Middle English). There are examples in Gloucestershire, two in Cumbria, and one in Kircudbrightshire, Scotland.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a reduced form of Barkhouse, a topographic name for someone who lived by a tannery, Middle English barkhous, or an occupational name for someone who worked in one.Lithuanian : variant of Bartkus.Czech and Slovak : unexplained.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Salthouse (see Salters).
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Porteous.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant of Barrows.
Boy/Male
Latin
Name of a Greek author.
Male
German
 German form of Latin Marcus, MARKUS means "defense" or "of the sea." Compare with another form of Markus.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : unexplained. See Hargis.
Male
English
 English form of Latin Marcus, MARKUS means "defense" or "of the sea." Compare with another form of Markus.
Surname or Lastname
English (County Durham)
English (County Durham) : variant of Harts. In the U.S. this name is concentrated in NC.
Surname or Lastname
English (Kent)
English (Kent) : variant of Parrish.French : variant of Paris 1.Samuel Parris, of Salem witchcraft fame, was a clergyman born in London and came to Boston, MA, in or before 1674. He had five children from two marriages and lived out his years in Sudbury, MA.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Pettis.
Male
Hungarian
Hungarian surname derived from Greek Bartholomaios, BARTOS means "son of Talmai."
Surname or Lastname
English
English : probably a variant spelling of Parton.
Male
English
Short form of Latin Erastus, RASTUS means "beloved."Â
Male
Arthurian
, bear, or, high, lofty, noble.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Park 1.English : patronymic from Park 2.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Perdue.
PARTUS PRESS
PARTUS PRESS
Boy/Male
French, German, Teutonic
Strong Ruler; People of Power; Army of Power; Form of Walter; Ruler of the Army
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Taking the Form of a Man
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Marathi, Tamil, Traditional
Hari's Son
Boy/Male
Latin Hungarian
Conqueror.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : from a pet form of the Norman personal name Aschetil (see Haskell).Stephen Hasket, a soap boiler and merchant of Salem, MA, was a native of Henstridge, Somerset, England. He came to Salem from Exeter, Devon, about 1666. His son Elias, born at Salem, went on to become governor of New Providence, Bahamas, before the people there revolted and sent him back to NY.
Surname or Lastname
English (Lancashire)
English (Lancashire) : habitational name from a minor place near Blackpool, so named from Old English norð ‘north’ + cros ‘cross’.
Boy/Male
Indian
Girl/Female
French
Tiny and womanly.
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Garton.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, Christian, English
Sea Guardian; Guards the Coast; From the Sea
PARTUS PRESS
PARTUS PRESS
PARTUS PRESS
PARTUS PRESS
PARTUS PRESS
adv.
Partly; in a measure.
v. i.
To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
v.
Parted or divided, as in the direction or form of one of the ordinaries; as, an escutcheon party per pale.
n.
A division or part; a canto; as, the passus of Piers Plowman. See 2d Fit.
a.
Divided from the border to the base into two distinct parts; bipartite.
n.
One of the bones of either the carpus or tarsus.
n.
Full of pores; having interstices in the skin or in the substance of the body; having spiracles or passages for fluids; permeable by liquids; as, a porous skin; porous wood.
adv.
Partly.
n.
One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
v.
A number of persons united in opinion or action, as distinguished from, or opposed to, the rest of a community or association; esp., one of the parts into which a people is divided on questions of public policy.
a.
Cleft so that the divisions reach nearly, but not quite, to the midrib, or the base of the blade; -- said of a leaf, and used chiefly in composition; as, three-parted, five-parted, etc.
a.
Endowed with parts or abilities.
n.
One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.
pl.
of Passus
n.
One who, or which, parts or separates.
n.
To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
a.
Divided into, or consisting of, three parts; tripartite.
a.
Attended with peril; dangerous; as, a parlous cough.
n.
Any plant of the order Cactacae, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America.