Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Palliobranchiate

Pal′li‐o‐bran″chi‐ate (?), a. [See Pallium, and Branchia.] (Zoöl.) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods.

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Pallium

‖Pal″li‐um (?), n.; pl. L. Pallia (�), E. Palliums (#). [L. See Pall the garment.] 1. (Anc. Costume) A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the ...

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Pallone

Pal‐lo″ne (?), n. [It., a large ball, fr. palla ball. See Balloon.] An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.

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Pallor

Pal″lor (?), n. [L., fr. pallere to be or look pale. See Pale, a.] Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion. Jer. Taylor.

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Palm

Palm (päm), n. [OE. paume, F. paume, L. palma, Gr. παλάμη, akin to Skr. pāṇi hand, and E. fumble. See Fumble, Feel, and cf. 2d Palm.] 1. (Anat.) The inner and somewhat concave p...

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Palm (2)

Palm, n. [AS. palm, L. palma; — so named fr. the leaf resembling a hand. See 1st Palm, and cf. Pam.]1. (Bot.) Any endogenous tree of the order Palmæ or Palmaceæ; a palm tree.☞ P...

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Palm (3)

Palm (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Palmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Palming.] 1. To handle. Prior.2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.They palmed the trick...

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Palm (4)

Palm, v. t. To “grease the palm” of; to bribe or tip.

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Palm Sunday

Palm″ Sun′day (?). (Eccl.) The Sunday next before Easter; — so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches i...

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Palma Christi

‖Pal″ma Chris″ti (?). (Bot.) A plant (Ricinus communis) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an he...

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Palmaceous

Pal‐ma″ceous (?), a.(Bot.) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.

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Palmacite

Pal″ma‐cite (?), n.(Paleon.) A fossil palm.

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Palmar

Pal″mar (?), a. [L. palmaris, fr. palma the palm of the hand: cf. F. palmaire.] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.2. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining...

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Palmarium

‖Pal‐ma″ri‐um (?), n.; pl.Palmaria (#). [NL. See Palmar.] (Zoöl.) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.

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Palmary

Pal″ma‐ry (?), a.(Anat.) Palmar.

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Palmary (2)

Pal″ma‐ry, a. [L. palmarius, palmaris, belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize, fr. palma a palm.] Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as,...

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Palmate

Pal″mate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate.

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Palmate (2)

{ Pal″mate (?), Pal″ma‐ted (?), } a. [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 fi...

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Palmately

Pal″mate‐ly (?), adv. In a palmate manner.

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Palmatifid

Pal‐mat″i‐fid (?), a. [L. palmatus palmate + root of findere to split.] (Bot.) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.

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Palmatilobed

Pal‐mat″i‐lobed (?), a. [L. palmatus palmate + E. lobed.] (Bot.) Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center.

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Palmatisect

{ Pal‐mat″i‐sect (?), Pal‐mat′i‐sect″ed (?), } a. [L. palmatus palmate + secare to cut.] (Bot.) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interru...

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Palmcrist

Palm″crist (?), n. The palma Christi. (Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note.)

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Palmed

Palmed (?), a. Having or bearing a palm or palms.Palmed deer(Zoöl.), a stag of full growth, bearing palms. See 1st Palm, 4.

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Palmer

Palm″er (?), n. [From Palm, v. t.] One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

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Palmer (2)

Palm″er, n. [From Palm the tree.] A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places. Cha...

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Palmer (3)

Palm″er (?), n. 1. (Zoöl.) A palmerworm.2. (Angling) Short for Palmer fly, an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.