pallah 
only the male ban horn*. These are about twenty Inches 
loiiK, iimmlntcil, un<l Ihr two to^t-lln-i rom|>ose a lyrate 
JiKiiii 1 . Also nillni ii/ijHiFlii, :md hy the Dutch colonists 
rwdfMk (red hiR-k). 
pallandret, s.-mn- as puii-ndnr. 
Pallas (wil'as), w. [L., < Gr. IIaAX<4f. Pallas: 
see def.J 1. Athene, the goddess of wisdom 
and war among the Greeks, identified by the 
Romans with Minerva. See Athene and Mi- 
nerva. 2. One of the planetoids revolving be- 
tween the orbits of Mars and Jupiter: discov- 
'ivil itlifs ml iii tlir order of time) byOlbers, 
at Bremen, in 1802. On account of Its minuteness, 
and the nebulous appearance by which It Is surrounded, 
no certain conclusion can be arrived at respecting Its 
magnitude. It diameter has been estimated at 178 miles, 
and Its period of revolution Is 4.81 years. Its light under- 
goes considerable variation, and IU motion In Its orbit Is 
greatly disturbed by the powerful attraction of Jupiter. 
421;. 
tin- hack or to the drying-place. 7. A lip or pro- 
jection on the point of a pawl engaging the teeth 
of a wheel, as the pallet on a pen- 
dulum or on the arbor of a balance- 
wheel in a clock or watch, or, in 
some forms of feed-motions, for 
transforming a reciprocating mo- 
tion into a rotary motion, or the 
reverse. It is always used with 
the escapement of a clock or 
watch, whatever its shape. See 
gathering -palU-t. 8. A ballast- 
locker, formerly built in the hold 
of a ship. 9. One of the disks on 
the chain of a chain-pump. 10. In conch., one 
of the accessory valves of a mollusk, as of a pid- 
dock or teredo. See cut under accessory. 
Pallet. 7. 
palliative 
A clapper dudgeon Is a beggar bom ; some call him a pal- 
Ivtrd. Dekkir. \ il. ln^-., slg. (I -i. (.Vnni.) 
Thieves, panders, palliardi, sins of every sort ; 
Those are the manufactures we export. 
Dryden, Hind and Panther, 11. 60S. 
palliardiset, n. [< F. paMardine, foniicnti.ni, 
< ptiillanl, a dissolute person: see palliard.] 
Fornication. 
Nor can they tax him with palliarduf, luxury, epicurism 
Sir 6. Bud,, Hist. KJch. III., p. 1M. (Latham.) 
a nod* ait the PalliaSSO (pal-ias'), M. 
which oscillate 
on the pivot . 
Same us // ///*.. 
pi. [NJj., neut. pi. of 
I,, pnl l ,,i inx, cloaked: see palliate, a.] A sec- 
tion of opisthobranchiate eutbyneurous gastro- 
pods, having a mantle-flap : opposed to Kon-pal- 
liutii. and corresponding to Ti'i-lilir<ni<->,iiit. The 
I'alliata are divided Into two sulKirders called Ctenidto- 
-/<iiin.l I'liiillidiubmncHata, (names which are thus 
Pallas iron. A meteorite brought from Siberia pallets (pal'et), ... K ME. pallette, palet, a head- dTp'Scd ImonK sSSpodi" 
by Pallas (see pullanite) in 1772. The larger part piece, the head, < OV.paUt, a headpiece, a cap suborders of zygobranchiate i, 
being also used for two other 
and pp. palliated, 
of fence, the head, also, in fencing, a stick, ba- palliate (pal'i-at), o. t. ; pret. 
"K-zz^a^^^jsssss"^ SttJWS.LVVrfrS 1>al ' a 8take j BMSn*, Ea^rtftSsS**** 
tals of yellow olivin (chrysolite). Similar meteor- stick: see pafei.J If. A headpiece, or cap of cloaked), pp. of palluire(> It. palliare =: Sp.pa- 
(about 1,200 pounds) is preserved at St. Petersburg, but 
fragments have been widely distributed in different mu- 
seums. ** 
or crysl 
Ites found elsewhere (at Atacama, Rlttersgriin in Saxony, 
etc.) have been called pallatite. 
pallasite (twl'as-it), n. [< Peter 8. Pallas, the 
name of the discoverer, + -ite%.~\ See Pallas 
iron and meteorite. 
pall-bearer (pal'bar'er), n. One who with 
others attends the coffin at a funeral : so called 
from the old custom of holding the corners and 
edges of the pall as the coffin was carried, whe- 
ther on a vehicle or by men. 
palle (pal'le), n.pl. [It., pi. of palla, ball: see 
gastropods). 
fence, of leather, or of leather and metal. 
Thel had non other slgne to schewc the lawc 
But a preuy pallette her pannes to kepe, 
To hllle here lewde heed in stede of an houe. 
llichanl the Kedelea, Iii. Sil. 
2f. The crown of the head; the skull ; the head. 
Than Elynour sayd, Ye callettes, 
I shall breake your palette*. 
Stelton, Elynour Kumrnyng, L 848. 
3. In her., a diminutive of the pale, of which it 
.. , ... .. , is only one half the breadth. See pale*, 5. 
The balls forming the cognizance of the pallet-arbor (pal'et-ar'bor). n. In tcatch- and 
tarnily of the Medici, six of them (five red and clock-making, an arbor bearing a pallet. 
nnnrT'rhp W j th , abea r i . n f u .P on '*> b . ein S charged In M clock8of thl . klnd the paifef-arOor, are set In small 
upon .e shield, which frequently occurs in cocks. Sir E. Beckett, Clocks and Watches, p. 185. 
e ( 
*. ] 
. 
liar = Pg. palliar = F.pallifr), cloak, clothe, < 
L. pallium, a cloak: see pallium. Cf. pain, p.] 
If. To cover with a cloak; clothe. 
Being palliattd with a pilgrim's coat and hypocrltlc sane. 
'I'y. Sir T. Uerbert, Travels (lute), p. 841. 
2f. To hide ; conceal. 
You cannot palliat mlschlefe, but It will 
Throw all the fairest concrlngs of deceit 
Be always scene. Daniel, Phllotu, IT. 2. 
3. To cover or conceal ; excuse or extenuate ; 
soften or tone down by pleading or urging ex- 
tenuating circumstances, or by favorable rep- 
resentations: as, to palliate faults or a crime. 
Hope not that any falsity In friendship 
Can palliate a broken faith. 
:>), a youth.] 1. 
One of a body of Greek or Albanian soldiers 
who were in the pay of the Turkish govern- 
ment, or maintained themselves by robbery. 
2. One of a body of irregular troops or of guer- 
rillas in Greece at the time of the war of inde- 
pendence against Turkey. 
Some of the palicari ran towards us and were going to 
id In a civil 
. In organ -building, an 
, ?!!. movab , le ,, ** f a 
h the Wlre at the end of the tracker 
R. Curzon, Monast In the Levant, p. 286. 
pallescence (pa-les'ens), n. [< nallescen(t) + 
-ce.] Paleness or pallor; general whitishness ; 
a pale coloration. 
pallescent (pa-les'ent), a. [< L. pallescen(t-)s, 
from adhering to it. One mold only Is used, and each 
brick as it is shaped Is turned out on a flat board called 
^pallet and carried to the hack or hack-barrow for removal 
.. ,, _ ^ ,-, to the drying-place. Compare tlopwolding. 
ppr. of pattescere, grow pale, < pallere, be pale : pallet-tail (pal'et-tal), n. In clockieork, one of 
see pafe2.] Growing or becoming pale ; inclin- the rocking arms or extensions which connect 
the pallets engaging the teeth of an anchor-es- 
capement and some other kinds of escapements 
with the arbor on which the arms oscillate. 
Ford, Lady's Trial, U. 4. 
His frolics ('tis a name 
That palliates deeds of folly and of shame). 
Cotrper, Tirocinium, 1. S3.'). 
Their Intoxication, together with the character of the 
victim, explained, but certainly could not palliate, the vul- 
garity of the exhibition. Motley, Dutch Republic, I. 461. 
4. To reduce in violence ; mitigate ; lessen or 
abate : as, to palliate a disease. =gyn. Palliate. Ex- 
tenuate, excuse, gloss over, apologize for. Palliate and 
extenuate come at essentially the same idea through differ- 
ent figures : palliate Is to cover In part as with a cloak ex- 
tenuate Is to thin away or draw out to fineness. They both 
refer to the effort to make an offense seem less by bring- 
ing forward considerations tending to excuse ; they never 
mean the effort to exonerate orexculpate completely. They 
have had earlier differences of meaning, and palliate has 
a peculiar meaning of its own (see def. S); palliate also 
would tie likely to be used of the more serious offense ; but 
making, a process of molding in~which the mold Oth 1 c . rw ' 8e , the J*? 1 ^ 11 e now essentially the same. 
is sanded after each using to prevent the clav P alllat (pal *)i ^ [< '/ palliatiu, cloaked: 
*l'et-ing), n. Nattt., a light plat- 
bottom of powder-magazines to 
r), n. In organ- 
building, soft leather used for facing the inside 
surface of a pallet, so as to make it air-tight, 
pallet-molding (pal'et-raol'ding). n. In brick- 
If. Eased; mitigated. 
ign 
ing to paleness or pallor ; somewhat pallid or 
pale; wan. 
pallet 1 (pal'et), n. [< ME. paillet, paliet, < F. 
paillet, a heap of straw, dim. of paille, straw, < pallia, n. Plural of pallium. 
L.na!ea, chaff: see pale*.} A mattress, couch, pallia! (pal'i-al), a. [< ML 
or bed, especially one of straw. 
On apailet, al that glade nyght, 
By Trollus he lay. Chaucer, Troilua, HI. 229. 
Upon uneasy pallet* stretching thee. 
Shot., 2 Hen. IV., ill. 1. 10. 
He slept on a miserable pallet like that used by the monks 
of his fraternity. PretcoU, Ferd. and Isa., II. 8. 
pallet 2 (pal'et), n. [A more E. spelling of pa- 
lette, q.v.] 1. An oval or round wooden instru- 
ment used by potters, crucible-makers, etc., 
for forming, beating, and rounding their wares. 
2. In gilding, an instrument used to take 
up the gold-leaves from the pillow, and to ap- 
ply and extend them. 3. In bookbinding: (a) 
A shallow box of brass, fitted with an end- and 
side-screw and handle, in which are fastened 
the types selected for lettering the backs of 
books, (ft) A brass plate engraved with the 
Cardinal Pole, in that act In this queen's (Mary's] re: 
tosecureahbey-landstothelrowners, . . . iliil not. HS sonic 
think, absolve their consciences from restitution, but only 
made a palliate cure, the church but suspending that pow- 
er which in due time she might put In execution. 
Fuller, Ch. Hist., VI. v. s. 
The nation was under its great crisis and most hopeful 
method of cure, which yet, if palliate and Imperfect, would 
only make way to more fatal sickness. 
lip. Fell, Life of Hammond, f 8. 
i. pallialis, < li.palli- 2. In roo'/., having a pallium ; of or pertaining 
um, a mantle, pallium : see pallium.] 1. Of or to the PaZWato; tectibranchiate. 
pertaining to a mantle or pallium. 2. Specifi- palliation (pal-i-a'shon), n. [=F. palliation = 
cally, in conch., pertaining to the pallium or Sp.pn/iaa'on = Pg. palliacSo = It. palliazione, 
mantle of a mollusk. paUial adductor the anterior < L. palliatio(n~), a cloaking, < palliare, cloak : 
adductor muscle of bivalve mollusks, the posterior being 
distinguished as pedal. It is the one which Is small or 
abortive in the heteromyarian and mouomyarian bivalves. 
See cut under Tridaenida. Palllal impression, pal- 
llal line, the impression, line, or mark made by the man- 
tie-margin on the Inner surface of the shell of a bivalve 
mollusk. According to the continuity or Interruption of 
this line, or rather of the structure of the mantle which 
impresses this difference, bivalves are called inlfgnmuHflt 
or sinupalliaie. See cuts under bivalve, dimyarian, Oa- 
dinia, integmpalliate, and TrigonUda. Palllal shell <t 
shell which Is secreted by or contained within the mantle, 
such as the bone of the cuttlefish. Pallial sinus, sinus 
or recess In the pallial impression of aimipalllate mollusks 
It is the siphonal impression, or mark of the retractile si- 
phons which many bivalves possess, and thus affords it 
toOIagkl] character. See tinupalliate, and cuts under bi- 
* o valve and dimwtrian. 
&*s*&&2i^'e3$SbBtts3ta 
tie, cloak: see pallium.'] A dress; a robe. 
TMi palliameot of white and spotless hue. 
Shot.. Tit And., L 1. 182. 
4. In painting, same as palette. 5. In organ- 
bttilding, a hinged wooden valve intended to 
admit or to release the compressed air; es- 
pecially, a valve operated by a digital of a 
keyboard, by which the air is admitted to a -y.- ~ . 
groove or channel over which stand the pipes 
belonging to that digital ; also, a valve (waste- ?. traw: e pale*, 
pallet) which allows the surplus air to escape 
when the storage-bellows is too full. Also 
called rnli-i--pii//i-t. See cut under organ*. 6. 
w. [< F.patllard, one who 
dissolute person, < paillf, 
see palliate.'] If. A cloaking or concealment ; 
a means of hiding or concealing. 
The generality of Christians make the external frame of 
religion but a palliation for sin. 
Dr. H. More, Mystery of Godliness, p. 9. (Eneye. Diet.) 
Princes, of all other men, have not more change of Ray. 
ment in thtr Wardrobes then variety of Shift* and paUia- 
tiom In thlr solemn actings and pretences to the People. 
Milton, Elkonoklastes, iivu. 
2. The act of palliating or concealing the more 
flagrant circumstances of an offense, crime, etc. ; 
a lessening or toning down of the enormity or 
gravity of a fault, offense, etc., by the urging 
of extenuating circumstances, or by favorable 
representations ; extenuation. 
This ... Is such *. palliation of bis fault as Induces me 
to forgive him. QoUmtth, Vicar, xxx. 
3. Mitigation or alleviation, as of a disease. 
If the just cure of a disease be full of peril, let the pny- 
slcian resort to palliation. Bacon, Nat. Hint. 
= 8yn. See palliate. 
. A vagabond who 
lies upon straw; a lecher; a lewd person. 
A Palliard is he that goeth In a patched cloke, and hys 
Doxy goeth in like apparell. 
^ 
irner s 
694. 
. serving .. 
extenuate by excuses or favorable representa- 
tion. 2. Mitigating or alleviating, as pain or 
disease. 
