2. (Nat. Hist.)
Defn: Marked with bright colors; as, the painted turtle; paintedbunting. Painted beauty (Zoöl.), a handsome American butterfly(Vanessa Huntera), having a variety of bright colors, — Painted cup(Bot.), any plant of an American genus of herbs (Castilleia) in whichthe bracts are usually bright-colored and more showy than theflowers. Castilleia coccinea has brilliantly scarlet bracts, and iscommon in meadows.— Painted finch. See Nonpareil.— Painted lady (Zoöl.), a bright-colored butterfly. See Thistlebutterfly.— Painted turtle (Zoöl.), a common American freshwater tortoise(Chrysemys picta), having bright red and yellow markings beneath.
PAINTER Paint"er, n. Etym: [OE, pantere a noose, snare, F. pantière, LL. panthera, L. panther a hunting net, fr. Gr. ; painteir a net, gin, snare, Gael. painntear.] (Naut.)
Defn: A rope at the bow of a boat, used to fasten it to anything.Totten.
PAINTERPaint"er, n. Etym: [Corrupt. of panther.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The panther, or puma. [A form representing an illiterate pronunciation, U. S.] J. F. Cooper.
PAINTERPaint"er, n. Etym: [See lst Paint.]
Defn: One whose occupation is to paint; esp.: (a) One who covers buildings, ships, ironwork, and the like, with paint. (b) An artist who represents objects or scenes in color on a flat surface, as canvas, plaster, or the like. Painter's colic. (Med.) See Lead colic, under Colic. — Painter stainer. (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.
PAINTERLYPaint"er*ly, a.
Defn: Like a painter's work. [Obs.] "A painterly glose of a visage."Sir P. Sidney.
PAINTERSHIPPaint"er*ship, n.
Defn: The state or position of being a painter. [R.] Br. Gardiner.
PAINTINGPaint"ing, n.
1. The act or employment of laying on, or adorning with, paints or colors.
2. (Fine Arts)
Defn: The work of the painter; also, any work of art in which objects are represented in color on a flat surface; a colored representation of any object or scene; a picture.
3. Color laid on; paint. [R.] Shak.
4. A depicting by words; vivid representation in words.
Syn.— See Picture.
PAINTLESSPaint"less, a.
Defn: Not capable of being painted or described. "In paintless patience." Savage.
PAINTUREPain"ture, n. Etym: [F. peinture. See Paint, v. t., and cf. Picture.]
Defn: The art of painting. [Obs.] Chaucer. Dryden.
PAINTYPaint"y, a.
Defn: Unskillfully painted, so that the painter's method of work is too obvious; also, having too much pigment applied to the surface. [Cant]
PAIR Pair, n. Etym: [F. paire, LL. paria, L. paria, pl. of par pair, fr. par, adj., equal. Cf. Apparel, Par equality, Peer an equal.]
1. A number of things resembling one another, or belonging together; a set; as, a pair or flight of stairs. "A pair of beads." Chaucer. Beau. & Fl. "Four pair of stairs." Macaulay.
Note: [Now mostly or quite disused, except as to stairs.]Two crowns in my pocket, two pair of cards. Beau. & Fl.
2. Two things of a kind, similar in form, suited to each other, and intended to be used together; as, a pair of gloves or stockings; a pair of shoes.
3. Two of a sort; a span; a yoke; a couple; a brace; as, a pair of horses; a pair of oxen.
4. A married couple; a man and wife. "A happy pair." Dryden. "The hapless pair." Milton.
5. A single thing, composed of two pieces fitted to each other and used together; as, a pair of scissors; a pair of tongs; a pair of bellows.
6. Two members of opposite parties or opinion, as in a parliamentary body, who mutually agree not to vote on a given question, or on issues of a party nature during a specified time; as, there were two pairs on the final vote. [Parliamentary Cant]
7. (Kinematics)
Defn: In a mechanism, two elements, or bodies, which are so applied to each other as to mutually constrain relative motion.
Note: Pairs are named in accordance with the kind of motion they permit; thus, a journal and its bearing form a turning pair, a cylinder and its piston a sliding pair, a screw and its nut a twisting pair, etc. Any pair in which the constraining contact is along lines or at points only (as a cam and roller acting together), is designated a higher pair; any pair having constraining surfaces which fit each other (as a cylindrical pin and eye, a screw and its nut, etc.), is called a lower pair. Pair royal (pl. Pairs Royal) three things of a sort; — used especially of playing cards in some games, as cribbage; as three kings, three "eight spots" etc. Four of a kind are called a double pair royal. "Something in his face gave me as much pleasure as a pair royal of naturals in my own hand." Goldsmith. "That great pair royal of adamantine sisters [the Fates]." Quarles. [Written corruptly parial and prial.]
Syn. — Pair, Flight, Set. Originally, pair was not confined to two things, but was applied to any number of equal things (pares), that go together. Ben Jonson speaks of a pair (set) of chessmen; also, he and Lord Bacon speak of a pair (pack) of cards. A "pair of stairs" is still in popular use, as well as the later expression, "flight of stairs."
PAIRPair, 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.
PAIRPair, v. t.
1. To unite in couples; to form a pair of; to bring together, as things which belong together, or which complement, or are adapted to one another. Glossy jet is paired with shining white. Pope.
2. To engage (one's self) with another of opposite opinions not to vote on a particular question or class of questions. [Parliamentary Cant] Paired fins. (Zoöl.) See under Fin.
PAIRPair, v. t. Etym: [See Impair.]
Defn: To impair. [Obs.] Spenser.
PAIRERPair"er, n.
Defn: One who impairs. [Obs.] Wyclif.
PAIRINGPair"ing, n. Etym: [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.
PAIRMENTPair"ment, n.
Defn: Impairment. [Obs.] Wyclif.
PAISPa`is, n. Etym: [OF. puïs, F. pays, country.] (O. E. Law)
Defn: The country; the people of the neighborhood.
Note: A trial per pais is a trial by the country, that is, by a jury; and matter in pais is matter triable by the country, or jury.
PAISANOPa`i*sa"no, n. Etym: [Sp., of the country, (Zoöl.)
Defn: The chaparral cock.
PAISEPaise, n. Etym: [Obs.]
Defn: See Poise. Chapman.
PAJAMASPa*ja"mas, n. pl. [Hind. pa-jama, paejama, lit., leg closing.]
Defn: Originally, in India, loose drawers or trousers, such as those worn, tied about the waist, by Mohammedan men and women; by extension, a similar garment adopted among Europeans, Americans, etc., for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit consisting of drawers and a loose upper garment for such wear.
PAJOCKPa"jock, n.
Defn: A peacock. [Obs.] Shak.
PAKFONGPak"fong`, n.
Defn: See Packfong.
PALPal, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]
Defn: A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [Slang]
PALACEPal"ace, n. Etym: [OE. palais, F. palais, fr. L. palatium, fr.Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, Paladin.]
1. The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception. Chaucer.
2. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.
3. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house. Palace car. See under Car. — Palace court, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] Mozley & W.
PALACIOUSPa*la"cious, a.
Defn: Palatial. [Obs.] Graunt.
PALADIN Pal"a*din, n. Etym: [F., fr.It. paladino, fr. L. palatinus an officer of the palace. See Palatine.]
Defn: A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins ofCharlemagne. Sir W. Scott.
PALAEO-Pa"læ*o-.
Defn: See Paleo-.
PALAEOGRAPHER; PALAEOGRAPHICPa`læ*og"ra*pher, n., Pa`læ*o*graph"ic (, a., etc.
Defn: See Paleographer, Paleographic, etc.
PALAEOTYPEPa"læ*o*type, n. Etym: [Palæo- + -type.] (Phon.)
Defn: A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of theprinting types in common use. Ellis.— Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al, a.— Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.
PALAESTRAPa*læs"tra, n.
Defn: See Palestra.
PALAESTRICPa*læs"tric, a.
Defn: See Palestric.
PALAETIOLOGISTPa*læ`ti*ol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One versed in palætiology.
PALAETIOLOGYPa*læ`ti*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Palæo- + ætiology.]
Defn: The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth. — Pa*læ`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.
PALAMAPal"a*ma, n.; pl. Palamme. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.
PALAMATEPal"a*mate, a. [From Palma.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Web-footed.
PALAMEDEAEPal`a*me"de*æ, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; — called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.
PALAMPOREPal`am*pore", n.
Defn: See Palempore.
PALANKA Pa*lan"ka, n. Etym: [Cf. It., Pg., & Sp. palanca, fr.L. palanga, phalanga a pole, Gr. (Mil.)
Defn: A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
PALANQUIN Pal`an*quin", n. Etym: [F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim, Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. parya, palya, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref. peri-) + a a hook, flank, probably akin to E. angle fishing tackle. Cf. Palkee.]
Defn: An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, — used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [Written also palankeen.]
PALAPTERYXPa*lap"te*ryx, n. Etym: [Paleo- + apteryx.] (Paleon.)
Defn: A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.
PALATABILITYPal`a*ta*bil"i*ty, n.
Defn: Palatableness.
PALATABLEPal"a*ta*ble, a. Etym: [From Palate.]
Defn: Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.
PALATABLENESSPal"a*ta*ble*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.
PALATABLYPal"a*ta*bly, adv.
Defn: In a palatable manner.
PALATALPal"a*tal, a. Etym: [Cf. F. palatal.]
1. Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones.
2. (Phonetics)
Defn: Uttered by the aid of the palate; — said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk.
PALATALPal"a*tal, n. (Phon.)
Defn: A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y.
PALATALIZEPal"a*tal*ize, v. t. (Phon.)
Defn: To palatize.
PALATEPal"ate, n. Etym: [L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The roof of the mouth.
Note: The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum.
2. Relish; taste; liking; — a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope.
3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker.
4. (Bot.)
Defn: A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
PALATEPal"ate, v. t.
Defn: To perceive by the taste. [Obs.] Shak.
PALATIALPa*la"tial, a. Etym: [L. palatium palace. See Palace.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures. "Palatial style." A. Drummond.
PALATIALPa*la"tial, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.)
Defn: Palatal; palatine. [Obs.] Barrow.
PALATIALPa*la"tial, n.
Defn: A palatal letter. [Obs.] Sir W. Jones.
PALATICPa*lat"ic, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Palatal; palatine.
PALATICPa*lat"ic, n. (Phon.)
Defn: A palatal. [R.]
PALATINATEPa*lat"i*nate, n. Etym: [F. palatinat. See Palatine.]
Defn: The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine. Howell.
PALATINATEPa*lat"i*nate, v. t.
Defn: To make a palatinate of. [Obs.] Fuller.
PALATINEPal"a*tine, a. Etym: [F. palatin, L. palatinus, fr. palatium. SeePalace, and cf. Paladin.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. Count palatine, County palatine. See under Count, and County. — Palatine hill, or The palatine, one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cæsars. See Palace.
PALATINEPal"a*tine, n.
1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine, under 4th Count.
2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
PALATINEPal"a*tine, a. Etym: [From Palate.] (Anat.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the palate. Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.
PALATINEPal"a*tine
Defn: , (Anat.) A palatine bone.
PALATIVEPal"a*tive, a.
Defn: Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [Obs.] "Palative delights."Sir T. Browne.
PALATIZEPal"a*tize, v. t.
Defn: To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound. — Pal`a*ti*za"tion, n. J. Peile.
PALATO-Pal"a*to-. Etym: [From Palate.]
Defn: A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in palatolingual.
PALATONARESPal`a*to*na"res, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Palato-, and Nares.] (Anat.)
Defn: The posterior nares. See Nares.
PALATOPTERYGOIDPal`a*top*ter"y*goid, a. Etym: [Palato- + pterygoid.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.
PALAVER Pa*la"ver, n. Etym: [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L. parabola a comparison, a parable, LL., a word. See Parable.]
1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery.
2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate. This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers. Carlyle.
PALAVERPa*la"ver, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered; p. pr. & vb. n.Palavering.]
Defn: To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully. Palavering the little language for her benefit. C. Bront
PALAVERERPa*la"ver*er, n.
Defn: One who palavers; a flatterer.
PALE Pale, a. [Compar. Paler; superl. Palest.] Etym: [F. pâle, fr. pâlir to turn pale, L. pallere to be oAppall, Fallow, pall, v. i., Pallid.]
1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer. Speechless he stood and pale. Milton. They are not of complexion red or pale. T. Randolph.
2. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon. The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick; It looks a little paler. Shak.
Note: Pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced, pale-looking, etc.
PALEPale, n.
Defn: Paleness; pallor. [R.] Shak.
PALEPale, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.]
Defn: To turn pale; to lose color or luster. Whittier.Apt to pale at a trodden worm. Mrs. Browning.
PALEPale, v. t.
Defn: To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.The glowpale his uneffectual fire. Shak.
PALE Pale, n. Etym: [F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See Pol a stake, and lst Pallet.]
1. A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down. Mortimer.
2. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. "Within one pale or hedge." Robynson (More's Utopia).
3. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; — often used figuratively. "To walk the studious cloister's pale." Milton. "Out of the pale of civilization." Macaulay.
4. A stripe or band, as on a garment. Chaucer.
5. (Her.)
Defn: One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it.
6. A cheese scoop. Simmonds.
7. (Shipbuilding)
Defn: A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. English pale (Hist.), the limits or territory within which alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172. Spencer.
PALEPale, v. t.
Defn: To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; toencompass; to fence off.[Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled in With rocks unscalableand roaring waters. Shak.
PALEAPa"le*a, n.; pl. Paleæ (-e). Etym: [L., chaff.]
1. (Bot.) (a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses. (b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
PALEACEOUSPa`le*a"ceous, a. Etym: [L. palea chaff.] (Bot.)
Defn: Chaffy; resembling or consisting of paleæ, or chaff; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.
PALEARCTICPa`le*arc"tic, a. Etym: [Paleo- + arctic.]
Defn: Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes allEurope to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.
PALEDPaled, a. Etym: [See 5th Pale.]
1. Striped. [Obs.] "[Buskins] . . . paled part per part." Spenser.
2. Inclosed with a paling. "A paled green." Spenser.
PALEECHINOIDEAPa`le*ëch`i*noi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Paleo-, and Echinoidea.](Zoöl.)
Defn: An extinct order of sea urchins found in the Paleozoic rocks.They had more than twenty vertical rows of plates. Called alsoPalæechini. [Written also Palæechinoidea.]
PALEFACEPale"face`, n.
Defn: A white person; — an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians. J. F. Cooper.
PALEICHTHYESPa`le*ich"thy*es, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Paleo-, and Ichthyology.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A comprehensive division of fishes which includes the elasmobranchs and ganoids. [Written also Palæichthyes.]
PALELYPale"ly, adv. Etym: [From Pale, a.]
Defn: In a pale manner; dimly; wanly; not freshly or ruddily.Thackeray.
PALEMPOREPal`em*pore", n.
Defn: A superior kind of dimity made in India, — used for bed coverings. [Written also palampore, palampoor, etc.] De Colange.
PALENESSPale"ness, n.
Defn: The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness; lack of color or luster; wanness. The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look. Pope.
PALENQUEPa*len"que, n. pl. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A collective name for the Indians of Nicaragua and Honduras.
PALEO-Pa"le*o-. Etym: [Gr. , adj.]
Defn: A combining form meaning old, ancient; as, palearctic, paleontology, paleothere, paleography. [Written also palæo-.]
PALEOBOTANISTPa`le*o*bot"a*nist, n.
Defn: One versed in paleobotany.
PALEOBOTANYPa`le*o*bot"a*ny, n. Etym: [Paleo- + botany.]
Defn: That branch of paleontology which treats of fossil plants.
PALEOCARIDA Pa`le*o*car"ida, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ancient + , , , a kind of crustacean.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Merostomata. [Written also Palæocarida.]
PALEOCRINOIDEAPa`le*o*cri*noi"de*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Paleo-, and Crinoidea.](Zoöl.)
Defn: A suborder of Crinoidea found chiefly in the Paleozoic rocks.
PALEOCRYSTICPa`le*o*crys"tic, a. Etym: [Paleo- + Gr. ice.]
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or derived from, a former glacial formation.
PALEOGAEANPa`le*o*gæ"an, a. Etym: [Paleo- + Gr. the eart] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Eastern hemisphere. [Written also palæogæan.]
PALEOGRAPHPa"le*o*graph, n.
Defn: An ancient manuscript.
PALEOGRAPHERPa`le*og"ra*pher, n.
Defn: One skilled in paleography; a paleographist.
PALEOGRAPHIC; PALEOGRAPHICAL Pa`le*o*graph"ic, Pa`le*o*graph"ic*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. paléographique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to paleography.
PALEOGRAPHISTPa`le*og"ra*phist, n.
Defn: One versed in paleography; a paleographer.
PALEOGRAPHYPa`le*og"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + -graphy: cf. F. paléographie.]
1. An ancient manner of writing; ancient writings, collectively; as, Punic paleography.
2. The study of ancient inscriptions and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient writings, and determining their origin, period, etc., from external characters; diplomatics.
PALEOLAPa*le"o*la, n.; pl. Paleolæ. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. palea.] (Bot.)
Defn: A diminutive or secondary palea; a lodicule.
PALEOLITHPa"le*o*lith, n. Etym: [Paleo- + -lith.] (Geol.)
Defn: A relic of the Paleolithic era.
PALEOLITHICPa`le*o*lith"ic, a. (Geol.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to an era marked by early stone implements. The Paleolithic era (as proposed by Lubbock) includes the earlier half of the "Stone Age;" the remains belonging to it are for the most part of extinct animals, with relics of human beings.
PALEOLOGISTPa`le*ol"ogist, n.
Defn: One versed in paleology; a student of antiquity.
PALEOLOGYPa`le*ol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + -logy.]
Defn: The study or knowledge of antiquities, esp. of prehistoric antiquities; a discourse or treatise on antiquities; archæology .
PALEONTOGRAPHICALPa`le*on`to*graph"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the description of fossil remains.
PALEONTOGRAPHYPa`le*on*tog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + Gr. -graphy.]
Defn: The description of fossil remains.
PALEONTOLOGICALPa`le*on`to*log"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to paleontology.— Pa`le*on`to*log"ic*al*ly, adv.
PALEONTOLOGISTPa`le*on*tol"o*gist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. paléontologiste.]
Defn: One versed in paleontology.
PALEONTOLOGYPa`le*on*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + Gr. -logy. Cf. Ontology.]
Defn: The science which treats of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life.
PALEOPHYTOLOGISTPa`le*o*phy*tol"o*gist, n.
Defn: A paleobotanist.
PALEOPHYTOLOGYPa`le*o*phy*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + phytology.]
Defn: Paleobotany.
PALEORNITHOLOGYPa`le*or`ni*thol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + ornithology.]
Defn: The branch of paleontology which treats of fossil birds.
PALEOSAURUSPa`le*o*sau"rus, n.Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ancient + (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation.
PALEOTECHNICPa`le*o*tech"nic, a. Etym: [Paleo- + technic.]
Defn: Belonging to, or connected with, ancient art. "The paleotechnic men of central France." D. Wilson.
PALEOTHEREPa"le*o*there, n. Etym: [F. paléothère.] (Paleon.)
Defn: Any species of Paleotherium.
PALEOTHERIANPa`le*o*the"ri*an, a. Etym: [F. paléothérien.] (Paleon.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to Paleotherium.
PALEOTHERIUMPa`le*o*the"ri*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.)
Defn: 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 Palæotherium.]
PALEOTHEROIDPa`le*o*the"roid, Etym: [Paleothere + -oid.] (Paleon.)
Defn: Resembling Paleotherium.— n.
Defn: An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere.
PALEOTYPEPa"le*o*type, n.
Defn: See Palæotype.
PALEOUSPa"le*ous, a. Etym: [L. palea chaff.]
Defn: Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous. [R.] Sir T. Browne.
PALEOZOICPa`le*o*zo"ic, a. Etym: [Paleo- + Gr. (Geol.)
Defn: 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.
PALEOZOIC ERAPa`le*o*zo*ic e*ra, n. (Geol.)
Defn: The Paleozoic time or strata.
PALEOZOOLOGY; PALEOZOOELOGYPa`le*o*zo*öl"o*gy, n. Etym: [Paleo- + zoölogy.]
Defn: The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.
PALESIE; PALESYPale"sie, Pale"sy, n.
Defn: Palsy. [Obs.] Wyclif.
PALESTINIAN; PALESTINEANPal`es*tin"i*an, Pal`es*tin"e*an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Palestine.
PALESTRA Pa*les"tra, n.; pl. L. Palestræ, E. Palestras. Etym: [NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. [Written also palæstra.] (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 Pa*les"tri*an, Pa*les"tric, Pa*les"tric*al, a. Etym: [L. palaestricus, Gr.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.
PALETPal"et, n. Etym: [See Palea.] (Bot.)
Defn: Same as Palea.
PALETPa"let, n. Etym: [Dim. of pale. See Pale a stake.] (Her.)
Defn: A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale.
PALETOT Pal"e*tot, n. Etym: [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.
PALETTEPal"ette, n. Etym: [See Pallet a thin board.]
1. (Paint.)
Defn: 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)
Defn: One of the plates covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows. Fairholt.
3. (Mech.)
Defn: 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.
PALEWISEPale"wise`, adv. (Her.)
Defn: In the manner of a pale or pales; by perpendicular lines or divisions; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.
PALFREY Pal"frey, n. Etym: [OE. palefrai, OF. palefrei, F. palefroi, LL. palafredus, parafredus, from L. paraveredus a horse for extraordinary occasions, an extra post horse; Gr. 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.
PALFREYEDPal"freyed, a.
Defn: Mounted on a palfrey. Tickell.
PALGRAVEPal"grave, n.
Defn: See Palsgrave.
PALIPa"li, n.,
Defn: pl. of Palus.
PALI Pa"li, n. Etym: [Ceylonese, fr. Skr. pali row, line, series, applied to the series of Buddhist sacred texts.]
Defn: 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 Pal`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. palus a stake + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. palification. See -fy.]
Defn: The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
PALIFORMPa"li*form, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.
PALILOGYPa*lil"o*gy, n. Etym: [L. palilogia, Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: 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.
PALIMPSESTPal"imp*sest, n. Etym: [L. palimpsestus, Gr. palimpseste.]
Defn: A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. Longfellow.
PALINDROMEPal"in*drome, n. Etym: [Gr. palindrome.]
Defn: 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; PALINDROMICALPal`in*drom"ic, Pal`in*drom"ic*al, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome.
PALINDROMISTPa*lin"dro*mist, n.
Defn: A writer of palindromes.
PALINGPal"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.]
PALINGENESIAPal`in*ge*ne"si*a, n.Etym: [NL.]
Defn: See Palingenesis.
PALINGENESIS; PALINGENESYPal`in*gen"e*sis, Pal`in*gen"e*sy, n. Etym: [Gr. palingénésie. SeeGenesis.]
1. A new birth; a re-creation; a regeneration; a continued existence in different manner or form.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: 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 zoölogy, the abrupt metamorphosis of insects, crustaceans, etc.
PALINGENETICPal`in*ge*net"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to palingenesis: as, a palingenetic process.— Pal`in*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
PALINODEPal"i*node, n. Etym: [L. palinodia, from Gr. Ode.]
1. An ode recanting, or retracting, a former one; also, a repetition of an ode.
2. A retraction; esp., a formal retraction. Sandys.
PALINODIALPal`i*no"di*al, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to a palinode, or retraction. J. Q. Adams.
PALINODYPal"i*no*dy, n.
Defn: See Palinode. [Obs.] Wood.
PALINURUSPal`inu"rus, n. Etym: [So called from L. Palinurus, the pilot ofÆneas.] (Naut.)
Defn: An instrument for obtaining directly, without calculation, the true bearing of the sun, and thence the variation of the compass
PALISADE Pal`i*sade", n. Etym: [F. palissade, cf. Sp. palizada, It. palizzata, palizzo, LL. palissata; all fr. L. palus a stake, pale. See Pale a stake.]
1. (Fort.)
Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms, often fatal.
PALISADEPal`i*sade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palisaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Palisading.] Etym: [Cf. F. palissader.]
Defn: To surround, inclose, or fortify, with palisades.
PALISADINGPal`i*sad"ing, n. Fort.
Defn: ) A row of palisades set in the ground.
PALISADOPal`i*sa*"do, n.; pl. Palisadoes (.
Defn: A palisade. [Obs.] Shak.
PALISADOPal`i*sa"do, v. t.
Defn: To palisade. [Obs.] Sterne.
PALISHPal"ish, a.
Defn: Somewhat pale or wan.
PALISSANDER Pal`is*san"der, n. Etym: [F. palissandre.] (Bot.) (a) Violet wood. (b) Rosewood.
PALISSYPal"is*sy, a.
Defn: 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.
PALKEEPal"kee, n. Etym: [Hind. palki; of the same origin as E. palanquin.]
Defn: A palanquin. Malcom.
PALLPall, n.
Defn: Same as Pawl.
PALL Pall, n. Etym: [OE. pal, AS. pæl, 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.)
Defn: Same as Pallium.About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls intoEngland, — the one for London, the other for York. Fuller.
4. (Her.)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; — used to put over the chalice.
PALLPall, v. t.
Defn: To cloak. [R.] Shak
PALLPall, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Palled; p. pr. & vb. n. Palling.] Etym:[Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. pâlir to grow pale. Cf.Appall, Pale, a.]
Defn: 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.
PALLPall, 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.
PALLPall, n.
Defn: Nausea. [Obs.] Shaftesbury.
PALLAPal"la, n. Etym: [L. See Pall a cloak.] (Rom. Antuq.)
Defn: An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.
PALLADIANPal*la"di*an, a. (Arch.)
Defn: 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.
PALLADICPal*la"dic, a. (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
PALLADIOUSPal*la"di*ous, a. (Chem.)
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; — used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds.
PALLADIUMPal*la"di*um, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Gr. Antiq.)
Defn: 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.
PALLADIUMPal*la"di*um, n. Etym: [NL.] (Chem.)
Defn: 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.
PALLADIUMIZEPalla"di*um*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palladiumized; p. pr. & vb. n.Palladiumizing.]
Defn: To cover or coat with palladium. [R.]
PALLAHPal"lah, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large South African antelope (Æpyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.
PALLASPal"las, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Myth.)
Defn: Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called alsoAthene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.
PALLBEARERPall"bear*er, n.
Defn: One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; — so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
PALLETPal"let, n. Etym: [OE. paillet, F. paillet a heap of straw, fr.paille straw, fr. L. palea chaff; cf. Gr. pala straw, palava chaff.Cf. Paillasse.]
Defn: A small and mean bed; a bed of straw. Milton.
PALLET Pal"let, n. Etym: [F. palette: af. It. paletta; prop. and orig., a fire shovel, dim. of L. pala a shovel, spade. See Peel a shovel.]
1. (Paint.)
Defn: 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)
Defn: 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)
Defn: 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.)
Defn: In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
8. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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, —
PALLIALPal"li*al, a. Etym: [L. pallium a mantle. See Pall.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), the cavity inclosed by the mantle. — Pallial sinus (Zoöl.), an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve.
PALLIAMENT Pal"li*a*ment, n. Etym: [LL. palliare to clothe, fr. L. pallium a manltle. See Pall the garment.]
Defn: A dress; a robe. [Obs.] Shak.
PALLIARD Pal"liard, n. Etym: [F. paillard, orig., one addicted to the couch, fr. paille straw. See Pallet a small bed.]
1. A born beggar; a vagabond. [Obs.] Halliwell.
2. A lecher; a lewd person. [Obs.] Dryden.
PALLIASSEPal*liasse", n.
Defn: See Paillasse.
PALLIATE Pal"li*ate, a. Etym: [L. palliatus, fr. pallium a cloak. See Pall the garment.]
1. Covered with a mant [Obs.] Bp. Hall.
2. Eased; mitigated; alleviated. [Obs.] Bp. Fell.
PALLIATEPal"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palliated(); p. pr. & vb. n.Palliating().]
1. To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide. [Obs.] Being palliated with a pilgrim's coat. Sir T. Herbert.
2. To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults. They never hide or palliate their vices. Swift.
3. To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease. To palliate dullness, and give time a shove. Cowper.
Syn. — To cover; cloak; hide; extenuate; conceal. — To Palliate, Extenuate, Cloak. These words, as here compared, are used in a figurative sense in reference to our treatment of wrong action. We cloak in order to conceal completely. We extenuate a crime when we endeavor to show that it is less than has been supposed; we palliate a crime when we endeavor to cover or conceal its enormity, at least in part. This naturally leads us to soften some of its features, and thus palliate approaches extenuate till they have become nearly or quite identical. "To palliate is not now used, though it once was, in the sense of wholly cloaking or covering over, as it might be, our sins, but in that of extenuating; to palliate our faults is not to hide them altogether, but to seek to diminish their guilt in part." Trench.
PALLIATIONPal`li*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. palliation.]
1. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.
2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. Bacon.
3. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised. [Obs.]
PALLIATIVEPal"li*a*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. F. palliatif.]
Defn: Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.
PALLIATIVEPal"li*a*tive, n.
Defn: That which palliates; a palliative agent. Sir W. Scott.
PALLIATORYPal"li*a*to*ry, a.
Defn: Palliative; extenuating.
PALLID Pal"lid, a. Etym: [L. pallidus, fr. pallere to be or look pale. See pale, a.]
Defn: Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue. Spenser.
PALLIDITYPal*lid"i*ty, n.
Defn: Pallidness; paleness.
PALLIDLYPal"lid*ly, adv.
Defn: In a pallid manner.
PALLIDNESSPal"lid*ness, n.
Defn: The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.
PALLIOBRANCHIATAPal`li*o*bran`chi*a"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Brachiopoda.
PALLIOBRANCHIATEPal`li*o*bran"chi*ate, a. Etym: [See Pallium, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods.
PALLIUM Pal"li*um, n.; pl. L. Pallia(Palliums. Etym: [L. See Pall the garment.]
1. (Anc. Costume)
Defn: A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.
2. (R.C.Ch.)
Defn: A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.
Note: The wool is obtained from two lambs brought to the basilica of St. Agnes, Rome, and blessed. It is worn by the pope, and sent to patriarchs, primates, and archbishops, as a sign that they share in the plenitude of the episcopal office. Befoer it is sent, the pallium is laid on the tomb of St. Peter, where it remains all night.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle. (b) The mantle of a bird.
PALL-MALLPall`-mall", n. Etym: [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (ofGerman origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. Seelst Ball, and Mall a beetle.]
Defn: A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.] Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.
PALLONEPal*lo"ne, n. Etym: [It., a large ball, fr. palla ball. See Balloon.]
Defn: An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.
PALLORPal"lor, n. Etym: [L., fr. pallere to be or look pale. See Pale, a.]
Defn: Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion. Jer. Taylor.
PALM Palm, n. Etym: [OE. paume, F. paume, L. palma, Gr. pani hand, and E. fumble. See Fumble, Feel, and cf. 2d Palm.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist. Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm. Tennyson.
2. A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; — used in measuring a horse's height.
Note: In Greece, the palm was reckoned at three inches. The Romans adopted two measures of this name, the lesser palm of 2.91 inches, and the greater palm of 8.73 inches. At the present day, this measure varies in the most arbitrary manner, being different in each country, and occasionally varying in the same. Internat. Cyc.
3. (Sailmaking)
Defn: A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, — used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.
4. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; — so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.
5. (Naut.)
Defn: The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.
PALM Palm, n. Etym: [AS. palm, L. palma; — so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See lst Palm, and cf. Pam.]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: Any endogenous tree of the order Palmæ or Palmaceæ; a palm tree.
Note: Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto.
2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing. A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands. Rev. vii. 9.
3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. "The palm of martyrdom." Chaucer. So get the start of the majestic world And bear the palm alone. Shak. Molucca palm (Bot.), a labiate herb from Asia (Molucella lævis), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. — Palm cabbage, the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. — Palm cat (Zoöl.), the common paradoxure. — Palm crab (Zoöl.), the purse crab. — Palm oil, a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm (Elæis Guineensis), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See Elæis. — Palm swift (Zoöl.), a small swift (Cypselus Btassiensis) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. — Palm toddy. Same as Palm wine. — Palm weevil (Zoöl.), any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus. The larvæ bore into palm trees, and are called palm borers, and grugru worms. They are considered excellent food. — Palm wine, the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm (Phoenix sylvestrix), the palmyra, and the Caryota urens. When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also palm toddy. — Palm worm, or Palmworm. (Zoöl.) (a) The larva of a palm weevil. (b) A centipede.
PALMPalm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palmed; p. pr. & vb. n. Palming.]
1. To handle. [Obs.] Prior.
2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle. They palmed the trick that lost the game. Prior.
3. To impose by frand, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; — usually with off. For you may palm upon us new for old. Dryden.
PALMACEOUSPal*ma"ceous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.
PALMA CHRISTIPal"ma Chris"ti. Etym: [L., palm of Christ.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; — called also castor-oil plant. [Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist.]
PALMACITEPal"ma*cite, n. (Paleon.)
Defn: A fossil palm.
PALMARPal"mar, a. Etym: [L. palmaris, fr. palma the palm of the hand: cf.F. palmaire.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.
2. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.
PALMARIUMPal*ma"ri*um, n.; pl. Palmaria. Etym: [NL. See Palmar.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.
PALMARYPal"ma*ry, a. (Anat.)
Defn: Palmar.
PALMARY Pal"ma*ry, a. Etym: [L. palmarius, palmaris, belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize, fr. palma a palm.]
Defn: Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. Br. Horne.
PALMATEPal"mate, n.
Defn: (Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [Obsoles.]
PALMATE; PALMATED Pal"mate, Pal"ma*ted, a. Etym: [L. palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]
1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.
2. (Bot.)
Defn: Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray.