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† ˈpantas, ˈpantais ? Obs.
Also 6 panties, 7 -asse, -ise, 8 -ess.
[a. F. pantais, -ois, from pantoiser, earlier pantaisier, -teisier to pant.]
A pulmonary disease of hawks; also applied to the ‘yellows’ in cattle.
1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. (1586) 134 b, If he haue the Panties he will pant much, and shake in the Flanke. 1611Cotgr., Pantois, short wind, pursinesse;..in Hawkes we call it, the Pantais. 1614Markham Cheap Husb. ii. xliv. (1668) 84 The Pantas is a very faint disease, and maketh a Beast to sweat, shake and pant much. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 237/2 (Diseases in Hawks) The Pantas, or Asina: a Disease in the Breast, which causeth shortness of breath, or hinders the drawing of breath, called also the Pantise. 1741Compl. Fam.-Piece iii. 476 Of the Yellows in a Cow or Bullock, which some call the Pantess. 1847–78Halliwell, Pantas. |