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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pairing  \Pair"ing\,  n.  [See  {Pair},  v.  i.] 
  1.  The  act  or  process  of  uniting  or  arranging  in  pairs  or 
  couples. 
 
  2.  See  {To  pair  off},  under  {Pair},  v.  i. 
 
  {Pairyng  time},  the  time  when  birds  or  other  animals  pair. 
 
  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  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pairing 
  n  :  the  act  of  pairing  a  male  and  female  for  reproductive 
  purposes;  "the  casual  couplings  of  adolescents";  "the 
  mating  of  some  species  occurs  only  in  the  spring"  [syn:  {coupling}, 
  {mating},  {conjugation},  {union},  {sexual  union}] 




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