A peculiar feature of the arable tract is the Pats (literally cups) or depressed lands near the river-banks.
Ants invite one another to work, or ask for food from one another, by means of pats with the feelers; and they respond to the solicitations of their guest-beetles or mites, who ask for food by patting the ants with their feet.
Bumpus sat near the two, acting like a protector and getting free hand pats for his reward.
Once it is all washed, she pats it dry and stores in glass containers in the refrigerator.
She walks around the circle saying, "Duck," as she pats each child on the head until she decides to designate one of her peers as the new goose.
The need for open-minded, as well as innovative and creative, members was considered pivotal to the PATs.
They were probably marshes that have partially silted up by the yearly overflow of the streams. These pats bear the finest crops.
When she wants to know the name of anything, she points to it and pats my hand.
When you are finished, place four pats of butter to melt fully.