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An American Dictionary of the English Language
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Springfield, Mass. · G. & C. Merriam · 1865
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Pā'le-ă, n. p. 939(Bot.) (a.) The interior husk of grasses. (b.) The receptacle of many compound flowers, as the coreopsis, the sunflower, &c. Gray.Pā'le-ā'ceoŭs, a. p. 939(Bot.) Chaffy; resembling chaff, or consisting of it; furnished with chaff; as, a paleaceous receptacle.Pāle'ly, adv. p. 939Wanly; not freshly or ruddily.Pāl'en-dar, n. p. 939(Naut.) A kind of coasting-vessel. [Obs.] Knolles.Pāle'ness, n. p. 939The quality or condition of being pale; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness of look; defect of color; wanness. The blood the virgin's cheek forsook; A livid paleness spreads o'er all…Pā'le-o-grăph', n. p. 939An ancient manuscript.Pā'le-ŏg'ra-pher, n. p. 939One skilled in paleography.Pā'le-o-grăph'ic, a. p. 939Pā'le-o-grăph'ie-al p. 939Of, or pertaining to, paleography.Pā'le-ŏg'ra-phist, n. p. 939One skilled in paleography.Pā'le-ŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 939An ancient manner of writing; as, Punic paleography. F. Stiles. 2. The study of ancient written or inscribed documents and modes of writing; the art or science of deciphering ancient documents, and…Pā'le-ŏl'o-gist, n. p. 939One conversant with paleology; a student of antiquity.Pā'le-ŏl'o-gy, n. p. 939A discourse or treatise on antiquities, or the knowledge of ancient things; archæology.Pā'le-ŏn’to-grăph'ie-al, a. p. 939Pertaining to the description of fossil remains.Pā/le-on-tŏg'ra-phy, n. p. 939The description of fossil remains.Pā'le-ŏn/to-lŏg'ie-al, a. p. 939Belonging to paleontology.Pā'le-on-tōl'o-ğist, n. p. 939One versed in paleontology.Pā'le-on-tōl'o-gy, n. p. 939The science of the ancient life of the earth, or of fossils which are the remains of such life. Dana.Pā'le-o-sau'rus, n. p. 939(Paleon.) A genus of fossil saurians found in the Permian formation. Dana.Pā'le-o-thēre', n. p. 939See PALEOTHERIUM.Pā'le-o-thē'ri-an, a. p. 939Pertaining to the paleotherium.Pā'le-o-thē'ri-ŭm, n. p. 939(Paleon.) A pachyderm of several species, allied to the tapir, and found fossil in the eocene tertiary. [Written also palæothere and palæotherium.]Pā'le-oŭs, a. p. 939Chaffy; like chaff. [Rare.] Browne.Pā'le-o-zō'ic, a. p. 939(Geol.) Pertaining, or belonging to, the older division of geological time, including the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous ages, and also to the life or rocks of those ages. Dana.Pa·lēr'mi·tan, n. p. 940(Geog.) A native or inhabitant of Palermo, in Sicily.Pa-lēr'mi-tan, a. p. 940(Geog.) Of, or pertaining to, Palermo, or its inhabitants.Pāl’es-tīn’e-an, a. p. 940(Geog.) Pertaining to Palestine.Pa-lēs'trā, n. p. 940(Antiq.) (a.) A wrestling; exercises of wrestling. (b.) The place of wrestling; a place for athletic exercises in Greece.Pa-lēs'tri-an or Pa-lēs'trie or Pa-lēs'trie-al, a. p. 940Pertaining to the exercise of wrestling. Bryant.Păl'et, n. p. 940The crown of the head. [Obs.] Skelton.Paletot, n. p. 940A loose overcoat.Pāl'ette, n. p. 940(Paint.) A thin, oval-shaped board, or tablet, with a thumb-hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments. [Written also pallet.] 2. (Anc. Armor.) One of the plates…Pāl'ette-knife, n. p. 940A flat, thin knife, rounded at the end, used by painters to mix colors on the grinding-slab.Pāle'wīse, a. p. 940(Her.) In the manner or form of a pale; by perpendicular lines; as, to divide an escutcheon palewise.Pal'frey, n. p. 940A saddle-horse used for the road or other ordinary purposes, as distinguished from the horse used in war. 2. A small horse suitable for ladies. Johnson.Pāl'freyed, a. p. 940Riding on a palfrey.Păl'i-fi-cā'tion, n. p. 940The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground for making it firm. Wotten.Pa-līl'o-gy, n. p. 940(Rhet.) The repetition of a word or part of a sentence for the sake of greater energy.Păl′imp-sest, n. p. 940A 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…Pāl'in-drōme, n. p. 940A word, verse, or sentence, that is the same when read backward or forward; as, madam, or Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor, or Lewd did I live, & evil I did dwel. Taylor, the Water-poet.Pāl'in-drōm'ic or Pāl'in-drōm'ic-al, a. p. 940Pertaining to, or in the manner of, a palindrome; being the same whether read backward or forward.Pāl'ing, n. p. 940Pales in general; a fence formed with pales; an inclosure formed of pickets; a limit; an inclosure. Refractory as they were, they moved within the paling of order and decorum. De Quincey.Pāl'ing-bōard, n. p. 940One of the outside parts or slabs, sawed from the four sides of a tree to square the log and fit it to be sawed into deals. Simmonds.Pā′lin·ge·ne′sĭ·ă, n. p. 940The same as PALINGENESIS.Pāl'in-gĕn'e-sis or Pāl'in-gĕn'e-sy, n. p. 940A new birth or transformation from one state to another; a regeneration. Out of the ruined lodge and forgotten mansion, bowers that are trodden under foot, and pleasure-houses that are dust, the poet…Pā'ling-măn, n. p. 940One born within that part of Ireland called the English Pale. See PALE.Pāl'i-nōde, n. p. 940A song repeated a second time; a satirical song or poem retracting a former one; hence, a recantation, or declaration contrary to a former one.Pāl'i-nōd'i-al, a. p. 940Relating to, or in the manner of, a palinode. J. Q. Adams.Păl'i-no-dy, n. p. 940Same as PALINODE. [Obs.]Păl'i-nū'ras, n. p. 940(Zoöl.) A genus of crustaceans; the sea craw-fish or spiny lobster.Pāl'i-sāde', n. p. 940(Fort.) A strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other is sharpened; also, a fence formed of palisades, used as a means of defense.Pāl'i-sāde', v. t. p. 940To surround, inclose, or fortify, with stakes or posts.Pāl'i-sā'do, n. p. 940Palisade. [Obs.]Pāl'i-sā'do, v. t. p. 940To palisade. [Obs.]Pāl'ish, a. p. 940Somewhat pale or wan; as, a palish blue. Arbuthnot.Pal'kee, n. p. 940A palanquin. Malcom.Pall, n. p. 940An outer garment; a cloak; a mantle. His lion’s skin he changed to a pall of gold. Spencer. 2. A kind of rich stuff formerly used for making mantles. 3. A consecrated vestment worn by the pope, and…Pall, n. p. 940A detent or click, that is, a small piece of metal or wood, which falls between the teeth of a ratchet-wheel, or of a windlass, to prevent its revolving backward, or to move it forward; a pawl.Pall, v. t. p. 940To cloak; to cover or invest. Shak.Pall, v. i. p. 940To become vapid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; to become insipid; as, the liquor palls. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense. Addison.