pandy

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A stroke on the palm of the hand with a tawse, ruler, or rod, given as a punishment to children in schools.


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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


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A sepoy; specifically a sepoy participating in the Mutiny of 1857–8.


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Origin:
mid 19th century. From Bengali pãṛe and its cognate 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


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- 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".


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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)


[], (Verb)

Definitions:
- To strike or beat (a person, especially a schoolchild) on the palm of the hand with a tawse, ruler, cane, etc., as a punishment.


Phrases:

Origin:
mid 18th century. From pandy




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