Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Palmer (4)

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

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Palmerworm

Palm″er‐worm′ (?), n.(Zoöl.) (a) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other vo...

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Palmette

Pal‐mette″ (?), n. [F., dim. of palme a palm.] A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; — often called the honeysuckle ornament.

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Palmetto

Pal‐met″to (?), n. [Dim. of palm the tree: cf. Sp. palmito.] (Bot.) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States...

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Palmetto flag

Pal‐met″to flag. Any of several flags adopted by South California after its secession. That adopted in November, 1860, had a green cabbage palmetto in the center of a white fiel...

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Palmetto State

Palmetto State. South California; — a nickname alluding to the State Arms, which contain a representation of a palmetto tree.

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Palmic

Pal″mic (?), a. [Cf. F. palmique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi); — formerly used to designate an acid no...

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Palmidactyles

‖Pal′mi‐dac″ty‐les (?), n. pl. [NL. See Palm, and Dactyl.] (Zoöl.) A group of wading birds having the toes webbed, as the avocet.

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Palmiferous

Pal‐mif″er‐ous (?), a. [L. palmifer; palma a palm + ferre to bear: cf. F. palmifère.] Bearing palms.

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Palmigrade

Pal″mi‐grade (?), a. [L. palma palm of the hand + gradi to walk.] (Zoöl.) Putting the whole foot upon the ground in walking, as some mammals.

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Palmin

Pal″min (?), n. [From palma Christi: cf. F. palmine.] (Chem.) (a) A white waxy or fatty substance obtained from castor oil. (b) Ricinolein.

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Palmiped

Pal″mi‐ped (?), a. [L. palmipes, -edis, broad-footed; palma the palm of the hand + pes a foot; cf. F. palmipède.] (Zoöl.) Web-footed, as a water fowl. — n. A swimming bird; a bi...

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Palmipedes

‖Pal‐mip″e‐des (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Natatores.

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Palmister

Pal″mis‐ter (?), n. [From Palm of the hand.] One who practices palmistry. Bp. Hall.

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Palmistry

Pal′mis‐try (?), n. [See Palmister.] 1. The art or practice of divining or telling fortunes, or of judging of character, by the lines and marks in the palm of the hand; chiroman...

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Palmitate

Pal″mi‐tate (?), n.(Chem.) A salt of palmitic acid.

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Palmite

Pal″mite (?), n. [From Palm.] (Bot.) A South African plant (Prionium Palmita) of the Rush family, having long serrated leaves. The stems have been used for making brushes.

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Palmitic

Pal‐mit″ic (?), a.(Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, palmitin or palm oil; as, palmitic acid, a white crystalline body belonging to the fatty acid series. It is r...

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Palmitin

Pal″mi‐tin (?), n. [So called because abundant in palm oil.] (Physiol. Chem.) A solid crystallizable fat, found abundantly in animals and in vegetables. It occurs mixed with ste...

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Palmitolic

Pal′mi‐tol″ic (?), a. [Palmitic + -oleic + ic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an artificial acid of the oleic acid series, isomeric with linoleic acid.

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Palmitone

Pal″mi‐tone (?), n.(Chem.) The ketone of palmitic acid.

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Palmy

Palm″y (?), a. 1. Bearing palms; abounding in palms; derived from palms; as, a palmy shore. Pope.His golden sands and palmy wine. Goldsmith.2. Worthy of the palm; flourishing; p...

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Palmyra

Pal‐my″ra (?), n.(Bot.) A species of palm (Borassus flabelliformis) having a straight, black, upright trunk, with palmate leaves. It is found native along the entire northern sh...

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Palo

‖Pa″lo (?), n. [Sp. See Pale a stake.] A pole or timber of any kind; — in the names of trees.

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Palo blanco

‖Pa″lo blan″co (?). [Sp. blanco white.] (a) A western American hackberry (Celtis reticulata), having light-colored bark. (b) A Mexican mimosaceous tree (Lysiloma candida), the b...

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Palola

Pa‐lo″la (?), n.(Zoöl.) An annelid (Palola viridis) which, at certain seasons of the year, swarms at the surface of the sea about some of the Pacific Islands, where it is collec...

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Palolo

{ Pa‐lo″lo (?), n., orPalolo worm }. A polystome worm (Palolo viridis) that burrows in the coral reefs of certain of the Pacific Islands. A little before the last quarter of the...