PALLADIUM
PALLA'DIUM, noun [Gr. from Pallas, the goddess.]1. Primarily, a statue of the goddess Pallas, which represented her as sitting with a pike in her right hand, and in her left a d...
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PALLET
PAL'LET, noun [Latin pala.]1. Among painters, a little oval table or board, or piece of ivroy, on which the painter places the colors to be used. On the middle the colors are mi...
PALLIAMENT
PAL'LIAMENT, noun [Latin pallium, a cloke.] A dress; a robe. [Not used.]
PALLIARD
PAL'LIARD, noun A lecher; a lewd person. [Not used nor English.]
PALLIARDISE
PAL'LIARDISE, noun Fornication. [Not used.]
PALLIATE
PAL'LIATE, verb transitive [Low Latin pallio, from pallium, a cloke or robe.]1. To clothe.2. To cover with excuse; to conceal the enormity of offenses by excuses and apologies; ...
PALLIATED
PAL'LIATED, participle passive Covered by excuses; extenuated; softened.
PALLIATING
PAL'LIATING, participle present tense Concealing the enormity or most censurable part of conduct; extenuating; softening.
PALLIATION
PALLIA'TION, noun The act of palliating; concealment of the most flagrant circumstances of an offense; extenuation by favorable representation; as the palliation of faults, offe...
PALLIATIVE
PAL'LIATIVE, adjective Extenuating; serving to extenuate by excuses or favorable representation.1. Mitigating; alleviating; as pain or disease.PAL'LIATIVE, noun That which exten...
PALLID
PAL'LID, adjective [Latin pallidus, from palleo, to become pale. See Pale.]Pale; wan; deficient in color; not high colored; as a pallid countenance; pallid blue.
PALLIDLY
PAL'LIDLY, adverb Palely; wanly.
PALLIDNESS
PAL'LIDNESS, noun Paleness; wanness.
PALLMALL
PALL'MALL, noun [Latin pila, a ball, and malleus, mallet.] A play in which a ball is driven through an iron ring by a mallet; also, the mallet.
PALLOR
PAL'LOR, noun [Latin] Paleness.
PALM
PALM, noun p'am.. [Latin palma.]1. The inner part of the hand.2. A hand or hand's breadth; a lineal measure of three inches.3. The broad triangular part of an anchor at the end ...
PALM-SUNDAY
PALM-SUNDAY, noun p'am-sunday. The Sunday next before Easter; so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches...
PALM-TREE
PALM-TREE, noun p'am-tree. The date tree, or Phoenix Lactylifera, a native of Asia and Africa, which grows to the highth of 60 and even of 100 feet, with an upright stem, crowne...
PALMAR
PAL'MAR, adjective [Latin palmaris.] Of the breadth of the hand.
PALMATED
PAL'MATED, adjective [Latin palmatus, from palma, palm.]1. Having the shape of a hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread; as palmated leaves or stones.2. Entirely webbed...
PALMER
PALMER, noun p'amer. One that returned from the Holy Land bearing branches of palm; a pilgrim or crusader.
PALMER-WORM
PALMER-WORM, noun p'amer-worm. A worm covered with hair; supposed to be so called because he wanders over all plants. Joel 1:1.
PALMETTO
PALMET'TO, noun A species of palm-tree, growing in the West Indies, of the genus Chamaerops.
PALMIFEROUS
PALMIF'EROUS, adjective [Latin palma and fero, to bear.] Bearing palms.
PALMIPED
PAL'MIPED, adjective [Latin palma and pes, foot.] Web-footed; having the toes connected by a membrane; as a water fowl.PAL'MIPED, noun A fowl that has webbed feet, or the toes c...
PALMISTER
PAL'MISTER, noun [Latin palma.] One who deals in palmistry, or pretends to tell fortunes by the palm of the hand.
PALMISTRY
PAL'MISTRY, noun [Latin palma, palm.] The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; a trick of imposture, much practiced by...