Păl′imp-sest, n.

(84), n. [Fr. palimpseste, Lat. palimpsestus, from Gr. παλίμψηστος, scratched or scraped again, παλίμψηστον, a palimpsest, from πάλιν, again, and ψῆν, to rub, rub away.] 1. A manuscript which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. 2. A monumental brass which has been taken up, turned, and engraved on the reverse side with another figure. Fairholt.