Palermitan 
pertaining to Palermo, a city of Sicily, or its 
inhabitants, or the province of Palermo. 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Palermo, 
a city and province of Sicily. 
paleron, . Same as jHiiililfini. 
palest, . A Middle English form of palace. 
Palestinian (pal-es-tin'i-an), a. [< L. I'nlses- 
tina, Paleextine,(Gr. Hal-a/arivr/ (also, in the ear- 
lier writers, % UaSuuffrlvq 2v/)!a or fi St'p/a i/ l\a'Aai- 
nTivri, 'Palestinian Syria'), Palestine (prop. fern, 
(sc. yfj, land) of TLaAcuarlvaf, of Palestine, as a 
noun an inhabitant of Palestine), prop, the 
country of the Philistines, as in Josephus ; ex- 
tended under the Romans to all Judsea, and 
later (in the 5th century) to Samaria, Galilee, 
and Pera?a: see Philistine.] Of or pertaining 
to Palestine, or the Holy Land, a region in 
southwestern Syria. 
palestra, palaestra (pa-les'tra),. ; pLpalestne, 
palxstree (-tre). [= F.pale'stre = Sp. Pg. It. 
palestra, < L. palaestra, < Gr. Trahaiarpa, a wres- 
tling-school, < iraAaieiv, wrestle, < ird^, wres- 
tling; cf. KoMsiv, swing, throw.] In Gr. antiq. : 
(a) A public place appropriated to exercises, 
under official direction, in wrestling and athlet- 
ics, intended especially for the benefit of ath- 
letes training to contend in the public games. 
(6) Wrestling and athletics. 
palestral (pa-les'tral), a. [< ME. palestral = 
It. palestrale; as palestra + -a?.] Sameas^a- 
lestric. 
Of the f este and pleyes palestral 
At my vigile, I preye the take gode hede 
That al be wel. Chatuxr, Troilus, v. 304. 
palestrian (pa-les'tri-an), a. [< palestra + 
-taw.] Same as palestfic. 
palestric (pa-les'trik), a. [= P. palestrique = 
Sp. palestrico = Pg. It. palestrico, < L.palxstri- 
cus, < Gr. 7ra/lanyKK(5f, belonging to the pales- 
tra^ Ttakaiarpa, wrestling : see palestra.} Of 
or pertaining to the palestra or the exercise of 
wrestling; athletic. 
palestrical (pa-les'tri-kal), a. [< palestric + 
-al.~\ Same as palestric." 
palet 1 (pa'let), re. [< pale* + -et.~] Same as 
palea, 1, and in more common use by botanists. 
palet 2 t, n. See pallet^. 
palet s t, ". A Middle English form of palate. 
palet 4 , n. See palette. 
L. palus, a stake 
4242 paling 
a spade: see jjofeS.] 1. A thin usually oval or paliform (pal'i-fdrm), a. 
oblong board or tablet with a hole for the thumb 
at one end, on which a painter la; 
when painting. 2. The set of colors or pig- 
ments available for one class or character of Palllia (pa-lil'i-a), n. pi. [L., neut. pi. of Pa- 
work; the set of colors which a painter has on lilts, of or pertaining to Pales (see def.).] In 
his palette when painting a picture: thus, in Bom. antiq., an annual festival held on April 
ceramics the under-glaze palette is much more ' 
limited than the over-glaze. 
hole for the thumb (see palel, pains), + forma, form.] Resembling 
lays his pigments a palus, or having its form : as, a paliform lobe 
of colors or pig- or process. 
21st in honor of Pales, the tutelary divinity of 
shepherds. The festival was also solemnized as the 
It is impossible to give Turner's palettes, which proba- 
bly varied very much at different times. 
P. G. llamerton, Graphic Arts, xxi. 
3. In metal-working, a breastplate against which 
a person leans to furnish pressure for the 
hand-drill. 4. In med. : (a) A light wooden 
spatula used for percus- 
sion in massage. (6) A 
light splint for the hand. 
5. A small plate pro- 
tecting the gusset of the 
armor. 6. In entom., a 
disk-shaped organ formed 
by three dilated tarsal 
joints which are closely 
united. It is found especially 
on the front and middle tarsi of 
the males of certain aquatic 
beetles ; the joints have cupules 
natal day of Rome, which was reputed to have been found- 
ed on that day by Eomulus. The ceremonies included 
bloodless sacrifices, lustration of the people by means of 
Palette of right arm, made 
to swing sidewise, to allow 
the lance to be laid in rest; 
15th century, 
smoke and sprinkling with water, purification of stables 
with laurel-boughs and of domestic animals by causing 
them to pass through smoke produced by burning pre- 
scribed substances, and, finally, bonfires, music, and feast- 
ing. 
palillogy (pii-lil'o-ji), it. [Also, improp., palil- 
ogy ; = It. palilwjia, < L. pnlilogia, for *palil- 
Imjiti, < Gr. m&tMaym, a repetition of what has 
been said, < va^.ff.Xo-yof, repeating (Tra/lM/lo/civ, 
repeat), < vakm, again, + Wywv, say.] In rhet., 
repetition of a word or words ; especially, im- 
mediate repetition of a single word or phrase : 
in this more restricted sense same as diplasiax- 
mus, epizeuxis, or gemination. The following is 
an example : 
The living, the lining, he shall praise thee. 
Isa. xxxviii. IB. 
or suckers beneath, by which the insect clings to smooth . 
surfaces. palimpaccniUS (parirn-ba-kl'us), n. ; pl.palim- 
7. In ornith., a parrot of the genus Prioni- bacchii (-1). [L., < Gr. i-- a - 
tttrus: so called from the conformation of the 
ifiiras: so caiiec irom me coniormauon 01 tne x e 'f> * faAtv, oacK (reversed), -r paxxtlof. bac- 
tail. 8. In conch., see pallet 2 , 10 To set the chius.] In anc. pros. : (a) A foot consisting of 
palette, to lay upon it the pigments in a certain order. 
Fairholt. 
palette-knife (pal'et-mf), H. 1. A thin, flexi- 
ble, round-pointed blade set in a handle, used 
by painters for mixing colors on a palette or 
on a grinding-slab, and by druggists for mixing 
salves. These knives are of various forms, ac- 
cording to the uses to which they are put. 2. 
In printing, a thin blade of flexible steel, about 
one inch in width, and six or more inches in 
length, fitted to a handle, used by pressmen to 
aid the distribution of printing-ink on any flat 
surface. 
palewise (pal'wiz), a. In her., same as paly* 
(which see). 
paleyst, paleyset, . 
two long syllables followed .by a short syllable 
( ~). Usually called antibaccliius. (b) Less 
frequently, a foot consisting of a short syllable 
followed by two long syllables (~ ). Now 
commonly called bacchius (which see). 
>alimpsest (pal'imp-sest), n. [= F. palimp- 
seste = Sp. Pg. palimpsesto = It. paUnsesto, < L. 
palimpacstus, m., < Gr. 7ra/U/j^(TTov, a palimp- 
sest, neut. of mj/./'/^oToc, scratched or scraped 
again, < Kaktv, back (to the former condition), 
+ ^orof, verbal adj. of tyazLv, ^ffjv, rub, rub 
smooth.] 1. A parchment or other writing- 
material from which one writing has been 
erased or rubbed out to make room for another ; 
hence, the new writing or manuscript upon 
such a parchment. 
Amongst the most curious of the literary treasures we 
Gremlle, Memoirs, May 12, 1830. 
Middle English forms of 
palace. 
paletiblogical/palaetiological (pa-le"ti-o-loj'- palfrenier, re. Same as palefrcnier. 
i-kal), a. [< paletiolog-y + -ic-al^] Of or be- palfrey (pal'fri), n. [< ME. palfrey, palefrei/, 
longing to paletiology. Whewell, Hist. Induct, palefrai, palefrei, < OF. palefrei, palefreid, pale- 
Sciences, xviii. 6, 5. froi, palefray, pallefroy, palefroy, P. palefroi = 
paletiologist, palastiologist (pa-le-ti-ol'6-jist), Pr. palafre, palafrei = Sp. palafren = Pg. pala- ' An / m s crlb ed slat, etc., particularly a mon- 
n. [< paletiolog-y + -isQ One who is Versed frem = It. palafreno, a palfrey, = D. paard = umen t al 9 8S . wh jch has been turned and en- 
paletiology. Whewell, Hist, Induct. Sci- ^LG. pert = OHG.parafrid,parevrit, parefret, i^ aved Wlth new inscriptions and devices on 
parfrit, pherfrit, pferfrit, MHG. pferit, phirit, the reverse 8ldp - 
pfert, G. pferd, a horse, < ML. paraveredus, pa- 
ravredus, parafredus, palafredus,parefredits, an 
extra post-horse, < Gr. irapd, beside, + ML. vere- 
dus, post-horse, perhaps < L. vehere, draw, + palinal (p^l'i-nal), o. 
rheda, reeda, reda, a traveling-carriage; prob. of 
Celtic origin.] A saddle-horse; an ordinary 
riding-horse, as distinguished from a war-horse : 
especially, a woman's saddle-horse. 
He yaf horse and palfreyeg, and robe and armures full 
ences, xviii., Int. 
paletiology, palaetiology (pa-le-ti-ol'o-ji), n. 
[Prop. *palie-cetiology ; < Gr. iraXaioe, ancient, + 
atria, cause, + -Aoj-i'a, < Uyuv, say : see -ology. 
Cf . setiology.'] That science, or mode of specula- 
tion or investigation, which explains past con- 
ditions by the law of causation, by reasoning 
from present conditions, or which endeavors to 
ascend to a past state of things by the aid of the 
evidence of the present. Whewell, Philos. In- 
duct. Sciences, I. x. 1. 
paletocquet, n. [OP.: see pal lock.] In the 
fifteenth century, a coat of fence, apparently 
a brigandine or jesserant. See those words. 
paletot (pal'e-to), n. [< F. paletot, a paletot, P.alfreyed (pal'frid), a. [< palfrey + -ed 2 .~\ Rid- 
an overcoat: see paltock.] A loose outer gar- in S on > or supplied with, a palfrey. 
ment for a man or a woman. Such dire achievements sings the bard, that tells 
palette (pal'et), re. [A.\so pallet, palet; < F. pa- Olpalfrey'd dames, bold knights, and magic spells. 
lette, a flat tool for spreading things, a saucer, a TidcM, On the Prospect of - 
slab for colors, OP. also paellette, paelete = Pr. Pjlli 1 (pa'le), re. and o. 
feire and riche. 
By his (Ferdinand's) side was his young queen, mounted 
on a milk-white palfrey, and wearing a skirt, or under- 
garment, of rich brocade. Prescott, 1'erd. and Isa., ii. 19. 
the reverse side. 
A large number of brasses in England are palimpsests, 
the back of an ancient brass having been engraved for the 
more recent memorial. Encye. Brit., IV. 219. 
.... [< Gr. vaXtv, backward, 
-a/.] Directed or moved backward, or not- 
ing such direction or motion : as, the palinal 
mode of mastication, in which the food is acted 
on as the lower jaw retreats : opposed to proal. 
E. D. Cone. See nrovalinal. 
I, .HIM J I'ln; .I1IU illlUUrel} IUU 1 J f^t^f f^m 
Merlin (E. E. T. S.), ii. 132. palindrome (palin-drom), n. [= F. palindrome 
Sp. Pg. paleta, < It. paletta, a flat blade, a spat- 
ula, palette, dim. of pala, a spade, < L. pala, 
, . . 
= Sp. palindronto = Pg. It. palindromo, < Gr. 
ira.Uv6poiJ.Of, running back, < Kakiv, back, + 
dpa/ulv, run.] A word, verse, or sentence that 
reads the same either from left to right or from 
right to left. The English language has few 
palindromes. Examples are "Madam, I'm 
Adam" (supposed speech of Adam to Eve); 
"lewd did I live & evil I did dwel"(</o/w Tay- 
lor). 
Spun out riddles, and weav'd flftle tomes 
Of logogriphes and curious palindromes. 
B. Jonson, An Execration upon Vulcan. 
- ,. ,, [Hind., Pali, etc., Pali.'] 
I. n. The sacred language of the Buddhists in 
Ceylon and Farther India: a Prakritic dialect, 
or later form of Sanskrit. 
II. a. Of or pertaining to the Pali language palindromic (pal-in-drom'ik), a. [< 
or alphabet. W*fi recurring (of the tide), <^ m 
pali 2 , n. Plural of palus. 
palier-glissant (P. pron. pa-lia'gle-son'), . 
Gr. i 
running back: see palindrome."] Pertaining to 
v __ __ ^ ri or of the nature of a palindrome; that forms 
[F.paTiergtissaiii: palier,ihe}&ndingof a stair- or constitutes a palindrome; that reads the 
case; glissant, slippery, ppr. of glisser, slip: see same either forward or backward: as, palin- 
glissant.] In maeh., same as water-bearing. dromic verses. 
palificatipn (pal"i-fi-ka'shon), n. [Formerly palmdromical (pal-in-drom'i-kal), a. [< pal- 
also pallification; < F. purification, < palifier, '"dromic + -til.] Same as palindromic. 
strengthen soil by stakes, = It. palificare, make Palindromist (pariu-dro-mist), . [< paliii- 
a foundation of stakes or piles, stake, < ML. <' ro ' e + -ist.'] A writer or inventor of palin- 
*palificare (in palificatio(n-), a series of stakes dl ;<?mes. 
at a mill-dam), < L. palus, stake (see palei), + Paling (pa ling), . 
faccre, make (see -fy). Cf. palafitte.] The act 
or method of rendering ground firm by driving 
Various forms of Palettes (def. i). 
piles or posts into it. 
Among which notes I haue said nothing of pallification 
or pyling of the ground-plot commanded by Vitruvius 
Sir H. Wotton, Beliquisv, p. 19 
[< ME. palynge; verbal n. 
of BoW, .] 1. Pales or stakes collectively. 
2. A fence formed by connecting pointed 
vertical stakes by horizontal rails above and 
below; a picket fence; hence, in general, that 
which incloses or fences in ; in the plural, pales 
collectively as forming a fence. 
