- (n.) A diagram showing the distribution of the pellets of a shotgun on a vertical target perpendicular to the plane of fire.
- (n.) Figure or style of decoration; design; as, wall paper of a beautiful pattern.
- (n.) Anything cut or formed to serve as a guide to cutting or forming objects; as, a dressmaker's pattern.
- (v.t.) To serve as an example for; also, to parallel.
- (n.) Stuff sufficient for a garment; as, a dress pattern.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) A part showing the figure or quality of the whole; a specimen; a sample; an example; an instance.
- (v.t.) To make or design (anything) by, from or after, something that serves as a pattern; to copy; to model; to imitate.
- (n.) 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.
- (n.) Something made after a model; a copy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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