Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PALMY

PALMY, adjective p'amy. Bearing palms.

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PALP

PALP, verb transitive to feel. [Not authorized.]

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PALPABILITY

PALPABIL'ITY, noun [from palpable.]The quality of being perceptible by the touch.

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PALPABLE

PAL'PABLE, adjective [Latin palpor, to feel.]1. Perceptible by the touch; that may be felt; as a palpable substance; palpable darkness.2. Gross; coarse; easily perceived and det...

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PALPABLENESS

PAL'PABLENESS, noun The quality of being palpable; plainness; obviousness; grossness.

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PALPABLY

PAL'PABLY, adverb In such a manner as to be perceived by the touch.1. Grossly; plainly; obviously.Clodius was acquitted by a corrupt jury that had palpably taken shares of money.

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PALPATION

PALPA'TION, noun [Latin palpatio, from palpo, to feel, to stroke, from the root of feel, and Gr. to shake. Probably the primary sense is to beat or strike gently, or to touch, o...

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PALPITATE

PAL'PITATE, verb intransitive [Latin palpito, from palpo. Palpito illustrates the primary sense of palpo.] To beat gently; to beat, as the heart; to flutter, that is, to move wi...

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PALPITATION

PALPITA'TION, noun [Latin palpitatio.] A beating of the heart; particularly, a preternatural beating or pulsation excited by violent action of the body, by fear, fright or disea...

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PALSGRAVE

PALS'GRAVE, noun pawlzgrave. [Latin palatium, palace, and graf, an earl.] A count or earl who has the superintendence of the king's palace.

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PALSICAL

PAL'SICAL, adjective s as z. [from palsy.] Affected with palsy; paralytic.

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PALSIED

PAL'SIED, adjective [from palsy.] Affected with palsy.

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PALSY

PAL'SY, noun s as z. [supposed to be contracted from Gr. relaxation; to loosen or relax.] The loss or defect of the power of voluntary muscular motion in the whole body, or in a...

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PALTER

PAL'TER, verb intransitive [Eng. fail.] To shift; to dodge; to play tricks. Rather, to fail; to come short; to balk.Romans, that have spoke the wordAnd will not palterPAL'TER, v...

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PALTERER

PAL'TERER, noun One that palters, fails or falls short.

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PALTRINESS

PAL'TRINESS, noun [from paltry.] The state of being paltry, vile or worthless.

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PALTRY

PAL'TRY, adjective [Gr. vile, and to fail.] Ragged; mean; vile; worthless; despicable; as a paltry boy; a paltry slave; a paltry trifle.

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PALY

PA'LY, adjective [from pale.] Pale; wanting color; used only in poetry.1. In heraldry, divided by pales into four equal parts.

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PAM

PAM, noun [supposed to be from palm, victory.] The knave of clubs.

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PAMPER

PAM'PER, verb transitive [Latin bibo.]1. To feed to the full; to glut; to saginate; to feed luxuriously; as, to pamper the body or the appetite.We are proud of a body fattening ...

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PAMPERED

PAM'PERED, participle passive Fed high; glutted or gratified to the full.

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PAMPERING

PAM'PERING, participle present tense Glutting; feeding luxuriously; gratifying to the full.PAM'PERING, adjective Luxuriancy.

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PAMPHLET

PAM'PHLET, noun A small book consisting of a sheet of paper, or of sheets stitched together but not bound.PAM'PHLET, verb transitive To write a pamphlet or pamphlets.

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PAMPHLETEER

PAMPHLETEE'R, noun A writer of pamphlets; a scribbler.

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PAN

PAN, noun1. A vessel broad and somewhat hollow or depressed in the middle, or with a raised border; used for setting milk and other domestic purposes.2. The part of a gun-lock o...

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PANACEA

PANACE'A, noun [Latin from Gr. all, and to cure.]1. A remedy for all diseases; a universal medicine.2. An herb.

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PANADA

PANA'DAPANA'DO, noun [Latin panis.] A kind of food made by boiling bread in water to the consistence of pulp and sweetened.