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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pair \Pair\ (p[^a]r), n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of
     par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par
     equality, Peer an equal.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging
        together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. ``A pair
        of beads.'' --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. ``Four pair of
        stairs.'' --Macaulay.
  
     Note: [Now mostly or quite disused.]
           [1913 Webster]
  
                 Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each
        other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of
        gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a
        pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. A married couple; a man and wife. ``A happy pair.''
        --Dryden. ``The hapless pair.'' --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each
        other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of
        pants; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a
        parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a
        given question (in order, for example, to allow the
        members to be absent during the vote without affecting the
        outcome of the vote), or on issues of a party nature
        during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the
        final vote. [Parliamentary Cant]
  
     Note: A member who is thus paired with one who would have
           voted oppositely is said to be paired for or paired
           against a measure, depending on the member's position.
           [1913 Webster +PJC]
  
     7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies,
        which are so applied to each other as to mutually
        constrain relative motion.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion
           they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a
           turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding
           pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any
           pair in which the constraining contact is along lines
           or at points only (as a cam and roller acting
           together), is designated a higher pair; any pair
           having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a
           cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is
           called a lower pair.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; --
        used especially of playing cards in some games, as
        cribbage; as three kings, three ``eight spots'' etc. Four
        of a kind are called a double pair royal. ``Something in
        his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of
        naturals in my own hand.'' --Goldsmith. ``That great pair
        royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].'' --Quarles.
        [Written corruptly parial and prial.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Pair, Flight, Set.
  
     Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but
            was applied to any number of equal things (pares),
            that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of
            chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair
            (pack) of cards. A ``pair of stairs'' is still in
            popular use, as well as the later expression, ``flight
            of stairs.''
            [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pair \Pair\, v. t. [See Impair.]
     To impair. [Obs.] --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pair \Pair\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paired; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pairing.]
     1. To be joined in pairs; to couple; to mate, as for
        breeding.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
                                                    --Rowe.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     To pair off, to separate from a group in pairs or couples;
        specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one of the
        opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on
        specified questions or issues. See Pair, n., 6.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Pair \Pair\, v. t.
     1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together,
        as things which belong together, or which complement, or
        are adapted to one another.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Glossy jet is paired with shining white. --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions
        not to vote on a particular question or class of
        questions. [Parliamentary Cant]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Paired fins. (Zo["o]l.) See under Fin.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Thermoelectric couple \Ther`mo*e*lec"tric couple\ or pair \pair\
     (Elec.)
     A union of two conductors, as bars or wires of dissimilar
     metals joined at their extremities, for producing a
     thermoelectric current.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pair \Pair\, v. t.
     1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together,
        as things which belong together, or which complement, or
        are adapted to one another.
  
              Glossy jet is paired with shining white. --Pope.
  
     2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions
        not to vote on a particular question or class of
        questions. [Parliamentary Cant]
  
     Paired fins. (Zo["o]l.) See under Fin.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pair \Pair\, v. t. [See Impair.]
     To impair. [Obs.] --Spenser.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pair \Pair\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paired; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Pairing.]
     1. To be joined in paris; to couple; to mate, as for
        breeding.
  
     2. To suit; to fit, as a counterpart.
  
              My heart was made to fit and pair with thine.
                                                    --Rowe.
  
     3. Same as To pair off. See phrase below.
  
     To pair off, to separate from a company in pairs or
        couples; specif. (Parliamentary Cant), to agree with one
        of the opposite party or opinion to abstain from voting on
        specified questions or issues. See Pair, n., 6.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Pair \Pair\, n. [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair,
     fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par equality, Peer
     an equal.]
     1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging
        together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. ``A pair
        of beads.'' --Chaucer. --Beau. & Fl. ``Four pair of
        stairs.'' --Macaulay.
  
     Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]
  
                 Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards.
                                                    --Beau. & Fl.
  
     2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each
        other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of
        gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
  
     3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a
        pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
  
     4. A married couple; a man and wife. ``A happy pair.''
        --Dryden. ``The hapless pair.'' --Milton.
  
     5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each
        other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of
        tongs; a pair of bellows.
  
     6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a
        parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a
        given question, or on issues of a party nature during a
        specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final
        vote. [Parliamentary Cant]
  
     7. (Kinematics) In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies,
        which are so applied to each other as to mutually
        constrain relative motion.
  
     Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion
           they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a
           turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair,
           a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in
           which the constraining contact is along lines or at
           points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is
           designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining
           surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and
           eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower
           pair.
  
     Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; --
        used especially of playing cards in some games, as
        cribbage; as three kings, three ``eight spots'' etc. Four
        of a kind are called a double pair royal. ``Something in
        his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of
        naturals in my own hand.'' --Goldsmith. ``That great pair
        royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates].'' --Quarles.
        [Written corruptly parial and prial.]
  
     Syn: Pair, Flight, Set.
  
     Usage: Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but
            was applied to any number of equal things (pares),
            that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of
            chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair
            (pack) of cards. A ``pair of stairs'' is still in
            popular use, as well as the later expression, ``flight
            of stairs.''

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  pair
       n 1: a set of two similar things considered as a unit [syn: brace]
       2: two items of the same kind [syn: couple, twosome, twain,
           brace, span, yoke, couplet, distich, duo, duet,
           dyad, duad]
       3: two people considered as a unit
       4: a poker hand with 2 cards of the same value
       v 1: form a pair or pairs; "The two old friends paired off" [syn:
             pair off, partner off, couple]
       2: bring two objects, ideas, or people together; "This fact is
          coupled to the other one"; "Matchmaker, can you match my
          daughter with a nice young man?"; "The student was paired
          with a partner for collaboration on the project" [syn: match,
           mate, couple, twin]
       3: occur in pairs [syn: geminate]
       4: arrange in pairs; "Pair these numbers" [syn: geminate]
       5: make love; "Birds mate in the Spring" [syn: copulate, mate,
           couple]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pair
     Γαλλικά a.
     (ετ μαθ fr) ζυγός
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 ο ομότιμος
     2 ((ετ ιστορία fr 0=-), ''στο φεουδαρχικό σύστημα'') άρχοντας που
  βρισκόταν στο ίδιο επίπεδο με κάποιον άλλο
     3 (Γαλλία) (''κατά τα σύνταγμα του 1814 και του 1830''), μέλος της
  Ανώτατης νομοθετικής Εθνοσυνέλευσης, η οποία λεγόταν Chambre des Pairs
     4 (ετ παρωχ fr) αυτός που είναι παρόμοιος, ίδιος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pair
     French a.
     (lb fr of a number) even
     French n.
     a peer, high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm paire)
     Romanian n.
     peer (gl: noble)
     Welsh n.
     1 cauldron, boiler
     2 furnace
     Welsh vb.
     (lb cy literary) (inflection of cy peri  3 s pres:ind//fut)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Pair
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  pair
     n.
     two similar or identical things taken together; often followed by of.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To group into one or more sets of two.
     2 (lb en computing) to link two electronic devices wirelessly
  together, especially through a protocol such as Bluetooth
     vb.
     1 (lb en obsolete transitive) To impair, to make worse.
     2 (lb en obsolete intransitive) To become worse, to deteriorate.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Pair
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  pair
     French a.
     (lb fr of a number) even
     French n.
     a peer, high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm paire)
     Romanian n.
     peer (gl: noble)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Pair
     n.
     (surname: en).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  pair
     French a.
     (lb fr of a number) even
     French n.
     a peer, high nobleman/vassal (as in peer of the realm)
     Middle English n.
     (alt form enm paire)
     Welsh n.
     1 cauldron, boiler
     2 furnace
     Welsh vb.
     (lb cy literary) (inflection of cy peri  3 s pres:ind//fut)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Pair
     n.
     (surname: en).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pair
     Ranska a.
     parillinen
     Ranska n.
     1 vertainen
     2 pääri

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  pair
     Franska a.
     jämn

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Pair /pˈeə/
  الزوج

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  pair //peː// //pɛə(ɹ)// //pɛɹ// 
  1. чифт 2.
  couple of working animals attached to work together
   3.
  poker hand
  2. дво́йка
  two people in a relationship
  3. чифт, дво́йка
  two similar or identical things

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  pair //peː// //pɛə(ɹ)// //pɛɹ// 
  сдвоявам, чифтосвам
  to group into sets of two