Chapter 1095

Pa`le*o*phy*tol"o*gy (?) , n. [ Paleo- + phytology .] Paleobotany.

Paleornithology <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*or`ni*thol"o*gy (?) , n. [ Paleo- + ornithology .] The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.

Paleosaurus <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*o*sau"rus (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ ancient + <?/ a lizard.] (Paleon.) A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.

Paleotechnic <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*o*tech"nic (?) , a. [ Paleo- + technic .] Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. "The paleotechnic men of central France."

D. Wilson.

Paleothere <Xpage=1032>

Pa"le*o*there (?) , n. [F. pal\'82oth\'8are .] (Paleon.) Any species of Paleotherium.

Paleotherian <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*o*the"ri*an (?) , a. [F. pal\'82oth\'82rien .] (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to Paleotherium.

Paleotherium <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*o*the"ri*um (?) , n. [NL., fr. Gr. <?/ ancient + <?/ beast.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir in form, but now known to have had a more slender form, with a long neck like that of a llama. [Written also Pal\'91otherium .]

Paleotheroid <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*o*the"roid (?) , [ Paleothere + -oid .] (Paleon.) Resembling Paleotherium. -- n. An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere.

Paleotype <Xpage=1032>

Pa"le*o*type (?) , n. See Pal\'91otype .

Paleous <Xpage=1032>

Pa"le*ous (?) , a. [L. palea chaff.] Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous. [R.]

Sir T. Browne.

Paleozoic <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*o*zo"ic (?) , a. [ Paleo- + Gr. <?/ life, fr. <?/ to live.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which life is known to have existed, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. See Chart of Geology .

Paleozo\'94logy <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*o*zo*\'94l"o*gy (?) , n. (Geol.) The Paleozoic time or strata.

Paleozo\'94ogy <Xpage=1032>

Pa`le*o*zo*\'94"o*gy (?) , n. [ Paleo- + zo\'94logy .] The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.

Palesie, Palesy <Xpage=1032>

Pale"sie (?) , Pale"sy , n. Palsy. [Obs.]

Wyclif.

Palestinian, Palestinean <Xpage=1032>

Pal`es*tin"i*an (?) , Pal`es*tin"e*an (?) , a. Of or pertaining to Palestine.

Palestra <Xpage=1032>

Pa*les"tra (?) , n. ; pl. L. Palestr\'91 (#) , E. Palestras (#) . [NL., fr. L. palaestra , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to wrestle.] [Written also pal\'91stra .] (Antiq.) (a) A wrestling school; hence, a gymnasium, or place for athletic exercise in general. (b) A wrestling; the exercise of wrestling.

Palestrian, Palestric, Palestrical <Xpage=1032>

Pa*les"tri*an (?) , Pa*les"tric (?) , Pa*les"tric*al (?) , a. [L. palaestricus , Gr. <?/] Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.

Palet <Xpage=1032>

Pal"et (?) , n. [See Palea .] (Bot.) Same as Palea .

Paletot <Xpage=1032>

Pal"e*tot (?) , n. [F. paletot , OF. palletoc , prob. fr. L. palla (see Palla ) + F. toque cap, and so lit., a frock with a cap or hood; cf. Sp. paletoque .] (a) An overcoat. Dickens . (b) A lady's outer garment, -- of varying fashion.

Palette <Xpage=1032>

Pal"ette (?) , n. [See Pallet a thin board.]

1. (Paint.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments. [Written also pallet .]

2. (Anc. Armor) One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.

Fairholt.

3. (Mech.) A breastplate for a breast drill.

Palette knife , a knife with a very flexible steel blade and no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to mix colors on the grinding slab or palette. -- To set the palette (Paint.) , to lay upon it the required pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use of them in a picture.

Fairholt.

Palewise <Xpage=1032>

Pale"wise` (?) , adv. (Her.) In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise .

Palfrey <Xpage=1032>

Pal"frey (?) , n. [OE. palefrai , OF. palefrei , F. palefroi , LL. palafredus , parafredus , from L. paraveredus a horse for extraordinary occasions, an extra post horse; Gr. <?/ along, beside + L. veredus a post horse.]

1. A saddle horse for the road, or for state occasions, as distinguished from a war horse.

Chaucer.

2. A small saddle horse for ladies.

Spenser.

Call the host and bid him bring Charger and palfrey . Tennyson.

Palfreyed <Xpage=1032>

Pal"freyed (?) , a. Mounted on a palfrey.

Tickell.

Palgrave <Xpage=1032>

Pal"grave (?) , n. See Palsgrave .

Pali <Xpage=1032>

Pa"li (?) , n. , pl. of Palus .

Pali <Xpage=1032>

Pa"li (?) , n. [Ceylonese, fr. Skr. p\'beli row, line, series, applied to the series of Buddhist sacred texts.] A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.

Palification <Xpage=1032>

Pal`i*fi*ca"tion (?) , n. [L. palus a stake + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. palification . See -fy .] The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. [R.]

Sir H. Wotton.

Paliform <Xpage=1032>

Pa"li*form (?) , a. (Zo\'94l.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals .

Palilogy <Xpage=1032>

Pa*lil"o*gy (?) , n. [L. palilogia , Gr. <?/; <?/ again + <?/ to speak.] (Rhet.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, "The living , the living , he shall praise thee ."

Is. xxxviii. 19.

Palimpsest <Xpage=1032>

Pal"imp*sest (?) , n. [L. palimpsestus , Gr. <?/ scratched or scraped again, <?/ a palimpsest; <?/ again + <?/ to rub, rub away: cf. F. palimpseste .] A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second.

Longfellow.

Palindrome <Xpage=1032>

Pal"in*drome (?) , n. [Gr. <?/ running back again; <?/ again + <?/ to run: cf. F. palindrome .] A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam ; Hannah ; or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel .

Palindromic, Palindromical <Xpage=1032>

Pal`in*drom"ic (?) , Pal`in*drom"ic*al (?) , a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome.

Palindromist <Xpage=1032>

Pa*lin"dro*mist (?) , n. A writer of palindromes.

Paling <Xpage=1032>

Pal"ing (?) , n. 1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure.

They moved within the paling of order and decorum. De Quincey.

2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the stripes themselves. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Paling board , one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.]

Palingenesia <Xpage=1032>

Pal`in*ge*ne"si*a (?) , n. [NL.] See Palingenesis .

Palingenesis, Palingenesy <Xpage=1032>

Pal`in*gen"e*sis (?) , Pal`in*gen"e*sy (?) , n. [Gr. <?/; <?/ again + <?/ birth: cf. F. paling\'82n\'82sie . See Genesis .]

1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.

2. (Biol.) That form of evolution in which the truly ancestral characters conserved by heredity are reproduced in development; original simple descent; -- distinguished from kenogenesis . Sometimes, in zo\'94logy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.

Palingenetic <Xpage=1032>

Pal`in*ge*net"ic (?) , a. Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process . -- Pal`in*ge*net"ic*al*ly (#) , adv.

Palinode <Xpage=1032>

Pal"i*node (?) , n. [L. palinodia , from Gr. <?/; <?/ again + <?/ a song. See Ode .] 1. An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.

2. A retraction; esp., a formal retraction.

Sandys.

Palinodial <Xpage=1032>

Pal`i*no"di*al (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction.

J. Q. Adams.

Palinody <Xpage=1032>

Pal"i*no*dy (?) , n. See Palinode . [Obs.]

Wood.

Palinurus <Xpage=1032>

Pal`inu"rus (?) , n. [So called from L. Palinurus , the pilot of \'92neas.] (Naut.) An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass

Palisade <Xpage=1032>

Pal`i*sade" (?) , n. [F. palissade , cf. Sp. palizada , It. palizzata , palizzo , LL. palissata ; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See Pale a stake.] 1. (Fort.) A strong, long stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of such stakes set in the ground as a means of defense.

2. Any fence made of pales or sharp stakes.

Palisade cells (Bot.) , vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves. -- Palisade worm (Zo\'94l.) , a nematoid worm ( Strongylus armatus ), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.

Palisade <Xpage=1032>

Pal`i*sade" , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Palisaded ; p. pr. & vb. n. Palisading .] [Cf. F. palissader .] To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.

Palisading <Xpage=1032>

Pal`i*sad"ing (?) , n. Fort. ) A row of palisades set in the ground.

Palisado <Xpage=1032>

Pal`i*sa*"do (?) , n. ; pl. Palisadoes (<?/) . A palisade. [Obs.]

Shak.

Palisado <Xpage=1032>

Pal`i*sa"do , v. t. To palisade. [Obs.]

Sterne.

Palish <Xpage=1032>

Pal"ish (?) , a. Somewhat pale or wan.

Palissander <Xpage=1032>

Pal`is*san"der (?) , n. [F. palissandre .] (Bot.) (a) Violet wood. (b) Rosewood.

Palissy <Xpage=1032>

Pal"is*sy (?) , a. Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by Bernard Palissy , in France, in the 16th centry.

Palissy ware , glazed pottery like that made by Bernard Palissy; especially, that having figures of fishes, reptiles, etc., in high relief.

Palkee <Xpage=1032>

Pal"kee (?) , n. [Hind. p\'belk\'c6 ; of the same origin as E. palanquin .] A palanquin.

Malcom.

Pall <Xpage=1032>

Pall (?) , n. Same as Pawl .

Pall <Xpage=1032>

Pall , n. [OE. pal , AS. p\'91l , from L. pallium cover, cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. palla robe, mantle.] 1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle.

His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold. Spenser.

2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. [Obs.]

Wyclif (Esther viii. 15).

3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as Pallium .

About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into England, -- the one for London, the other for York. Fuller.

4. (Her.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.

5. A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.

Warriors carry the warrior's pall . Tennyson.

6. (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.

Pall <Xpage=1032>

Pall , v. t. To cloak. [R.]

Shak

Pall <Xpage=1032>

Pall , v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Palled (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Palling .] [Either shortened fr. appall , or fr. F. p\'83lir to grow pale. Cf. Appall , Pale , a. ] To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls .

Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense. Addisin.

Pall <Xpage=1032>

Pall , v. t. 1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.

Chaucer.

Reason and reflection . . . pall all his enjoyments. Atterbury.

2. To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite .

Pall <Xpage=1032>

Pall , n. Nausea. [Obs.]

Shaftesbury.

Palla <Xpage=1032>

Pal"la (?) , n. [L. See Pall a cloak.] (Rom. Antuq.) An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.

Palladian <Xpage=1032>

Pal*la"di*an (?) , a. (Arch.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio , an Italian architect of the 16th century.

Palladic <Xpage=1032>

Pal*la"dic (?) , a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds.

Palladious <Xpage=1032>

Pal*la"di*ous (?) , a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds.

Palladium <Xpage=1032>

Pal*la"di*um (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/, fr. <?/, <?/, Pallas.]

1. (Gr. Antiq.) Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.

2. Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights .

Blackstone.

Palladium <Xpage=1032>

Pal*la"di*um , n. [NL.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold. It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible. It is unique in its power of occluding hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy Pd2H . It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas , which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic weight, 106.2.

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Paladiumize <Xpage=1033>

Pala"di*um*ize (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Palladiumized (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Palladiumizing (?) .] To cover or coat with palladium. [R.]

Pallah <Xpage=1033>

Pal"lah (?) , n. (Zo\'94l.) A large South African antelope ( \'92pyceros melampus ). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok .

Pallas <Xpage=1033>

Pal"las (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/, <?/.] (Gr. Myth.) Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene , and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva. <-- usu. spelled Athena -->

Pallbearer <Xpage=1033>

Pall"bear*er (?) , n. One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

Pallet <Xpage=1033>

Pal"let (?) , n. [OE. paillet , F. paillet a heap of straw, fr. paille straw, fr. L. palea chaff; cf. Gr. <?/ fine meal, dust, Skr. pala straw, pal\'beva chaff. Cf. Paillasse .] A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.

Milton.

Palet <Xpage=1033>

Pa"let , n. [Dim. of pale . See Pale a stake.] (Her.) A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale.

Pallet <Xpage=1033>

Pal"let , n. [F. palette : af. It. paletta ; prop. and orig., a fire shovel, dim. of L. pala a shovel, spade. See Peel a shovel.] 1. (Paint.) Same as Palette .

2. (Pettery) (a) A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms. (b) A potter's wheel.

3. (Gilding) (a) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it. (b) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

4. (Brickmaking) A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack.

Knight.

5. (Mach.) (a) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel. (b) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.

Knight.

6. (Horology) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.

Brande & C.

7. (Mus.) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.

8. (Zo\'94l.) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, as the Teredo. See Illust . of Teredo .

9. A cup containing three ounces, -- <?/ormerly used by surgeons.

Pallial <Xpage=1033>

Pal"li*al (?) , a. [L. pallium a mantle. See Pall .] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell . See Illust . of Bivalve .

Pallial chamber (Zo\'94l.) , the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- Pallial sinus (Zo\'94l.) , an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust . of Bivalve .

Palliament <Xpage=1033>