palatic 
The three labials, b, p, in, are parallel to the three gin- 
gival, t, il, n, and to the thriM JMtotfoft 1 , k, K. 1. 
HMi r, Kit-menu of Speech, p. 88. 
II. " A palatal. 
palatiform (pii-la'ti-form), a. [< L. /Milaiimi. 
palafp, + jin-iuii, form.] In i-iiliiui., noting the 
lingua (properly the liiiKula) when it is closely 
unit cil to the innrr surface of the labium, as in 
ma n v I'lili-u/ilii'ii. Kirlii/. 
palatiglossus (p4-la-ti-gloi'nB), .; i>l. imim, 
i/liissi (-1). [NIj.J Same as palatoglossun. 
palatinate (pa-lat/i-mU), . [< F .' pulatinat = 
Sp. l'f, r . ixtlntiiiiiilo = It. iialatinato, < ML. *pn- 
Idtiiitititu, the province of a palatine, < iinlnli- 
IIIIH, a palatine: see palatine*-.'] The office or 
i Utility of a palatine; the province or dominion 
of a palatine. Specifically [cap.], In German hi*., for- 
merly an electorate of the empire, consisting of the Lower 
or Rhine I'aliitinute, and the Upper i'alatinate, whose cap- 
ital was Amberg. About 1620 these were separated, the 
Upper Palatinate and the electoral vote passing to Bava- 
ria, while a new electorate was created later for the Pa- 
latinate. In 1777 the two were reunited ; in consequence 
of the treaties of Luncville (1801) ami of. Paris (1814 -15), 
Bavaria retained the Upper Palatinate and a portion of 
the Lower 1'alatinatc west of the Khine, while the remain- 
der of the Lower Palatinate was divided among (laden, 
Hesse, Prussia, etc. The Bavarian portions now form the 
governmental districts of Palatinate and Upper Palati- 
nate. 
It was enacted that . . . each palatinate should elect In 
its dietlnes its own judges. J. Adams, Works, IV. SOS. 
The palatinates of England were all couuties palatine, 
but in Ireland the term palatinate has been applied to a 
county, province, and kingdom. 
Johns llopkiiu Univ. Studies, III. 370. 
palatine 1 (para-tin), a. and . [< F. palatin 
(OF. also iKiloaiii : see palasiiie) = Sp. Pg. It. 
l><il<itino, < L. palatinus, belonging to the im- 
perial abode or to the Palatine hill, ML. pala- 
tinus, palantinus, palent'mus (in full, comes pa- 
latinus), a title given to one who had any office 
in the palace of a prince, a palatine (whence 
also, in a particular use, paladin, q. v.), < pa- 
lutium, the Palatine hill, a palace: seejxitece.] 
I. a. 1. Pertaining to a palace : applied origi- 
nally to persons holding office or employment in 
a royal palace. Hence 2. Possessing royal 
privileges: as, a count palatine. 
For the name of palatine, know that in antient time, 
under the emperors of declining Rome, the title of count 
palatine was, but so that it extended first only to him 
which had the care of the household and imperial revenue. 
Selden, Illustrations of Drayton's Polyolbion, xl. 
He explained "the universal principle" at Herford, in 
the court of the princess palatine. 
Bancroft, Hist. U. 8., II. 37S. 
Count palatine. See def. 2 and countf. County pala- 
tine. See cmtntyi. Earl palatine, ill Kng. hist., same 
as count palatine. Elector palatine, the ruler of the 
electoral palatinate in Germany, and an elector of the old 
German empire. Palatine earldom, in 1117. liht.. same 
as county palatine. 
II. . 1. Originally, one who was attached to 
the palace of the Koman emperor. In the Byzantine 
empire, an official charged with the administration of the 
emperor's private treasure, or the body of administrators 
of nuance. In medieval France and Germany, a high ad- 
ministrative or judicial official ; later, the ruler of a palat- 
inate. (See count palatine, under counts.) By the Funda- 
mental Constitutions of South Carolina, 16(19. the oldest 
of the proprietors was given the title of palatine; the 
palatine's court was a court consisting of the eight pro- 
prietors. The same name is sometimes given to the pro- 
prietor of the province of Maryland, which was a palat- 
inate from 1834 to 1692, and from 1715 to 1776. 
2f. A fur tippet. 
Palatine. That which used to be called a sable-tippet, 
but that name is changed. Ladies Diet., 1694. 
palatine" (pal'a-tin), . and . [< F. palatin 
= Sp. Pg. It. palatiuo, < NL. "palatinus, of the 
palate, < L. palatum, palate: see palate.'] I. 
a. Of or pertaining to the palate ; palatal : as, 
the palatine bones; palatine teeth of fishes. 
See maxillopalatine, sphenopalatinc, pterygopala- 
tine Anterior palatine canal. See canali. Pala- 
tine arch. See palate, i. Palatine artery, (a) As- 
cendinij, a branch of the facial, supplying tne glands, 
muscle?, and mucous membrane of the soft paliue, Mir 
tonsil and the Eustachian tube, (b) Inferior, same as 
ascending jxilatine. (c) Descending, a branch of the in- 
ternal maxillary, which passes through the posterior pala- 
tine canal to supply the mucous membrane, glands, and 
gum of tin; hard palate, (d) Of pharyngeal, a branch sup- 
plying the soft palate, sometimes of considerable size, 
when the ascending palatine is small, (e) Superior, same 
as descending palatine, Palatine canal. See anterior 
palatine canal (under caiiali), Ami posterior palatine canal, 
below. Palatine cells, the sinuses of the orbital part 
of the palate-hone, usually continuous with those of the 
ethmoid. Palatine duct. Same as palatine canal. 
Palatine foramina or fossae. See foramen. Palatine 
glands, numerous small glands of the palate, opening 
mto the mouth. Also palatal ylands. Palatine index, 
the ratio of the maximum breadth of the vault of the 
hard palate to its maximum length multiplied by 100. 
Palatine nerves, three branches, the anterior, middle, 
and posterior, of Meekel's ganglion, collectively known as 
the descending palatine, passing through the posterior 
palatine canals and distributed to the hard and soft pal- 
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ate, tniiHil, and membrane of the none. Palatine pro- 
cess. See pnicrai. Palatine ridges, the transverse ru- 
gosities of the mucous membrane of the hard palate. 
Palatine spine. See (pntterior) natal fpine, under luuul. 
Palatine suture, tin- median suture of the bony 
palate. Palatine vein, (a) Inferior, a tributary of the 
facial vein from the soft palate. (b) Superior, one of sev- 
eral branches i <f the ptei-ygoid plexus of the internal maxil- 
lary vein. Posterior palatine canal, a canal for the 
passage of vessels and nerves, opening at the posterior part 
of the bony palate, on the outer side of the horizontal 
plate of the palate-l>one. It leads from the Hphenomuxil- 
lary fossa, and is formed by grooves in the contiguous sur- 
faces of the palate-bone and maxilla. Transverse pala- 
tine suture, the suture between the horizontal plate of 
the palatine and the palatine process of the maxilla. 
II. n. One of the palatal bones; a palatal. 
Palatine 3 (pal'a-tin), a. [< Pallet (see def.) + 
-iue.] Pertaining to the village of Pallet, near 
Nantes, the birthplace of Abelard. Thus, the 
school of Abelard is sometimes referred to as 
the Palatine school. 
palatinite (pa-lat'i-nit), n. [< palatine (f) + 
-iti-.] 1. A variety of augite porphyry con- 
taining much enstatite. Bosenbiuich. 2. Adia- 
basic variety of tholeite (which see). iMxpeyrex. 
palatipharyngens (pa-la'ti-far-in-je'iis), . 
Same as 
palaverer 
qinnliiite. A similar arrangement characterizes repti!- .-> ; 
but In fishes this arch may lie complicated by the addition 
of several different |>l er> foiil l>m-s, or hi other ways. The 
simpler arrangement is well shown in the cuts under de*- 
moffnaUunu and dromaognathmt* ; the more complex, in 
the cut under palatoquadrate. See also tuts under Lrpido- 
siren and I'etromyzon. 
palatoquadrate (pa-la'to-kwod'rat), a. and n. 
[< L. palatum, iwlatf, + NL. i/ntii/nilinii. quad- 
rate bone.] I. a. Of or pertaining to the palate 
and to the quadrate bone, or their representa- 
tives Palatoquadrate arch. In axV., the pterygo- 
Arf 
palati-tensor (pa-la'ti-ten'sor), n.; pi. palati- 
tensores (-ten-so'rez). [NL., < L. palatum, pal- 
ate, + NL. tensor.] Same as tensor palati. Bee 
tl l/.-HII'. 
palatitis (pal-a-ti'tis), n. [NL., < L. palatum, 
palate, + -iti*.'\ lapathol., inflammation of the 
palate, 
palativet (pal'a-tiv), n. [< palate + -tee.] Of 
or pertaining to the palate; pleasing to the 
taste; palatable. 
Glut not thy sense with palatine delights. 
Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor, li. 1. 
palatoglossal (pa-la'to-glos'al), a. and n. [< L. 
palatum, palate, + Or. y^ixaa, tongue, + -al.~\ 
I. a. Of or pertaining to the palate and the 
tongue Palatoglossal fold, the anterior pillar of the 
fauces. 
II. M . The palatoglossus. 
palatoglossus(pa-la i 't6-glos'us), n.; pl.palato- 
glossi (-i). [NL.', < L. palatum, palate, + Gr. 
yluoaa, tongue.] A small muscle in the anterior 
pillar of the palate, attached to the styloglos- 
sus. See fauces, and cut under tonsil. A\soj)ala- 
tiglossus, glossopalatinus, glossostaphylinus, con- 
strictor isthmi faunum. 
palatognathous (pal-a-tog'na-thus), a. [< L. 
]>alatum, palate, -r Gr. ywiSof, jaw.] Having 
congenital fissure of the palate. 
palatomaxillary (pa-la'to-mak'si-la-ri), a. [< 
li.palatum, palate, + maxilla, jaw, 4- -ary.] Of 
or pertaining to the palate-bone and the supe- 
rior maxillary bone ; maxillopalatiue : as, the 
palatomaiillary suture. Palatomaxlllary appa- 
ratus, in ichth. See cut under Acipemer. Palatomax- 
illary artery. Same as superior palatine artery. pala- 
tomaxillary canal, the posterior palatine canal (which 
see, under palatine^). 
palatonasal (pa-la'to-na'zal), a. [< L. pala- 
tum, palate, 4- nasus, = E. nose i ,+ -al.~\ Of or 
pertaining to the palate and the nose ; nasopal- 
atine : as, the patatonanal passage. 
palatopharyngeal (pa-la'to-fa-rm'je-al), a. 
and . [< L. palatum, palate, 4- NL. pharynx 
(pharyng-) + -e-al.] I. a. Of or pertaining to 
the palate and the pharynx, or roof and back 
part of the mouth Palatopharyngeal cavity, the 
posterior part of the oral cavity in the lamprey. Palato- 
pharyngeal fold, the posterior pillar of the fauces. 
II. H. The palatopharyngeus. 
palatopharyngeolaryngeal (pa-la'to-fa-rin'- 
je-6-la-rin'je-al), a. [< Li. palaiwn, palate, + 
NL. pharynx (pharyng-), pharynx, + laryiur 
(larynt)-), larynx, + -e-al.] Of or pertaining to 
the palate, the pharynx, and the larynx. 
palatopharyngeus "(pa-la'to-far-in-je'us), n.; 
pi. palattipharyngei (-5). [NL., < L. palatum, 
palate, + NL. pharynx (pharyng-), pharynx.] 
A small muscle in the posterior pillar of the 
palate, inserted into the stylopharyngeus. See 
faims, and cut under tonal. Also called pafatipharyngetu, 
pharyiiffopalatinttg, tht/reopalatiniut, constrictor igthmifau- 
ciwn posterior. 
palatopterygoid (pa-la-top-ter'i-goid), a. [< 
paltitiiiii, palate, 4- E. pterygoid.] Of or per- 
taining to the palate-bone and the pterygoid 
bone; pterygopalatine; palatoquadrate: as, the 
paliit<i/itfri/</oiil suture or articulation. Pala- 
topterygoid arch or bar, a bony articulated rod or plate 
u Inch extends along the roof of the mouth from thequad- 
rate bone behind to the maxillary bone in front, and forms 
an often movable part of the upper jaw. So such arrange- 
ment exists in mammals, in all of which the pterygoid bone 
is disconnected from any suspensorinm of the lower jaw. 
In birds the arch consists simply of the palate-bone, fixed 
in front and raovably articulated behind with the ptery- 
goid, which Utter is also movably articulated with the 
Palatoquadrate Arch and Suspcniiorjum of Lower Jaw of the Pike 
(Eiox iMcitti), ieen from the inner iidc. 
a, cartilage interposed between H.\l, the hyomandibular bone, and 
Sy. the syniplectic : b, cartilage serving as a pedicle to the pterygo- 
palatine arch ; c , process of hyoniundibular, with which the operculum 
articulates; rf, head of hyomandibular. articulating with skull ; Ecft. 
ectppterygoid ; Eft, entopterygotd ; \tff, metaptcrygoid : On, quad- 
rate ; Hf, hyuid; /'/, palatine; .in, articular We ; .!/<*, Meckel's 
cartilage. 
palatine bar. See palatwn, palatal, and the quotation ; 
also cuts under Martipobranchii and Pttromyzm. 
The potato-quadrate arch (of an osseous fish) Is repre- 
sented by several bones, of which the most constant are 
the palatine In front and the quadrate behind and below. 
Besides these, there may be three others : an external, ec- 
topterygold, an internal, cntopterygold, and a metaptery- 
goid. Huxley, Anat. Vert., p. 136. 
Palatoquadrate cartilage, in irl<ih. See cut under 
Spatitlaria. 
II. n. In selachians, a cartilage or bone com- 
bining or representing both the palatal and the 
quadrate (as well as certain others which are 
differentiated in true fishes), and intervening 
between the cranium and the lower jaw, form- 
ing the suspensorium of the latter. It Is developed 
in all the plagiostomous fishes, or sharks and rays. The 
palatoquadrate is articulated with the base of the skull. 
Oegenbaur, Comp. Anat. (trans.), p. 448. 
palatorrhaphy (pal-a-tor'a-fi), w. [< L. pala- 
tum, palate, + Gr. fxupt/,"a, sewing, < pdirreiv, 
sew.] Same as utapliylorrhaphy. 
palatostaphylinus (pa-la'to-s'taf-i-li'uus), n. 
[NL., < L. palatum, palate, 4- Gr. ara^vAjy, uvn- 
la.] Same as uvular mugcle. 
palatouche, . Same as polatouche. 
palatum (pa-la'tum), w. ; pl.palata (-ta). [L.: 
see palate.] The palate; thereof of the mouth, 
including both the bony and the membranous or 
hard and soft parts Circumflexus or tensor pala- 
ti, the stretcher of the palate, a muscle arising from the 
scaphoid fossa at the base of the internal pterygoid plate of 
the sphenoid bone and adjacent parts, winding around the 
hamular process of the pterygoid, and inserted with its fel- 
low in the median line of the soft palate. Levator pa- 
lati. See levatar. Velum palati, or velum pendulum 
palati, the veil of the palate ; the soft palate. See palate, 1. 
palaver (pa-lav'er), w. [< Pg. palavra = Sp. 
palabra = OF. (and F.)palabre, F. parole = It. 
parola, talk, speech, a word, parole, < LL. para- 
bola, a speech, parable, < L. parabola, a compari- 
son: see parable*. Cf. palabra, parl, parley!, 
parole, from the same ult. origin. The word 
palaver seems to have been picked up by Eng- 
lish sailors and travelers on the west coast of 
Africa, where Portuguese was the chief lan- 
guage of intercourse with Europeans.] 1. A 
long talk ; a parley ; a conference, such as takes 
place between travelers or explorers and sus- 
picious or hostile natives ; superfluous or idle 
talk. 
In this country and epoch of parliaments and eloquent 
palavert. Carlylt. 
Hence 2. Parley; conference. 
I am told you are a man of sense, and I am sure you and 
I could settle this matter In the course of a fire minutes' 
palaver. Scott, Pirate, zzziv. 
3. Flattery; adulation; talk intended to de- 
ceive. [Vulgar.] =8yn. 1 and t See prattle, n. 
palaver (pa-lav'er), r. [< palaver, n. Ct. par- 
ley 1 , v.] I. intrans. To talk idly or plausibly; 
indulge in palaver. 
Now. neighbors, have a good caution that this Master 
Mug does not cajole you ; he is a damned palavering fel- 
low. Foote, Mayor of Garratt, U. 2. 
For those who are not hungry it U easy to palaver about 
the degradation of charity and so on ; but they forget the 
brevity of life, as well as its bitterness. 
Charlotte Brontt, Shirley, xiv. 
n. trans. To flatter; cajole. [Vulgar.] 
palaverer (pa-lav'er-er), n. One who palavers; 
a cajoling or nattering person. 
