Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Paleotherian

Pa′le‐o‐the″ri‐an (?), a. [F. paléothérien.] (Paleon.) Of or pertaining to Paleotherium.

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Paleotherium

‖Pa′le‐o‐the″ri‐um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. παλαιόσ ancient + θηρίον beast.] (Paleon.) An extinct genus of herbivorous Tertiary mammals, once supposed to have resembled the tapir i...

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Paleotheroid

Pa′le‐o‐the″roid (?), [Paleothere + -oid.] (Paleon.) Resembling Paleotherium. — n. An animal resembling, or allied to, the paleothere.

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Paleotype

Pa″le‐o‐type (?), n. See Palæotype.

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Paleous

Pa″le‐ous (?), a. [L. palea chaff.] Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous. Sir T. Browne.

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Paleozoic

Pa′le‐o‐zo″ic (pā′lē̍‐ō̍‐zō″ĭk), a. [Paleo- + Gr. ζωή life, fr. ζη̑ν to live.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to, or designating, the older division of geological time during which li...

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Paleozoic (2)

Pa′le‐o‐zo″ic (–ō̍‐zō″ĭk), n.(Geol.) The Paleozoic time or strata.

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Paleozoölogy

Pa′le‐o‐zo‐öl″o‐gy (?), n. [Paleo- + zoölogy.] The science of extinct animals, a branch of paleontology.

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Palesie

{ Pale″sie (?), Pale″sy }, n. Palsy. Wyclif.

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Palestinian

{ Pal′es‐tin″i‐an (?), Pal′es‐tin″e‐an (?), } a. Of or pertaining to Palestine.

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Palestra

Pa‐les″tra (?), n.; pl. L. Palestræ (#), E. Palestras (#). [NL., fr. L. palaestra, Gr. �, fr. � to wrestle.] [Written also palæstra.] (Antiq.) (a) A wrestling school; hence, a g...

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Palestrian

{ Pa‐les″tri‐an (?), Pa‐les″tric (?), Pa‐les″tric‐al (?), } a. [L. palaestricus, Gr. �.] Of or pertaining to the palestra, or to wrestling.

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Palet

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

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Paletot

‖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. Dicken...

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Palette

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 hi...

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Palewise

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

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Palfrey

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. παρά alo...

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Palfreyed

Pal″freyed (?), a. Mounted on a palfrey. Tickell.

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Palgrave

Pal″grave (?), n. See Palsgrave.

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Pali

‖Pa″li (?), n., pl. of Palus.

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Pali (2)

Pa″li (?), n. [Ceylonese, fr. Skr. pāli row, line, series, applied to the series of Buddhist sacred texts.] A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, ex...

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Palification

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 ...

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Paliform

Pa″li‐form (?), a.(Zoöl.) Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.

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Palilogy

Pa‐lil″o‐gy (?), n. [L. palilogia, Gr. παλιλλογία; πάλιν again + λέγειν to speak.] (Rhet.) The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as,...

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Palimpsest

Pal″imp‐sest (?), n. [L. palimpsestus, Gr. παλίμψηστοσ scratched or scraped again, παλίμψηστον a palimpsest; πάλιν again + ψη̑ν to rub, rub away: cf. F. palimpseste.] A parchmen...

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Palindrome

Pal″in‐drome (?), n. [Gr. παλίνδρομοσ running back again; πάλιν again + δραμει̑ν to run: cf. F. palindrome.] A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or f...

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Palindromic

{ Pal′in‐drom″ic (?), Pal′in‐drom″ic‐al (?), } a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a palindrome.