or pandie, subs. (schools’ and nursery).—A stroke from a cane, strap, or tawse on the palm of the hand by way of punishment. Also (Scots’) PAUMIE. [From the order in Latin ‘Pande palmum’ (or manum) = ‘Hold out your hand.’] Also as verb = to cane or strap.
1832. SCOTT, Redgauntlet, i. You taught me … to … obey the stern order of the Pande manum, and endure my pawmies without wincing.
1863. C. KINGSLEY, The Water-Babies, v. 187. And she boxed their ears, and thumped them over the head with rulers, and PANDIED their hands with canes.
