palmy 
3. Worthy of thepalm; flourishing; prosperous. 
In the most high and palmy state of Rome. 
Shak., Hamlet, i. 1. 113. 
Those were indeed the palmy days of speech, when men 
listened instead of reading, when they were guided by the 
voice and the tones of the living orator. 
K A. Freeman, Amer. Lects., p. 248. 
palmyra (pal-mi'ra), n. [NL., < L. Palmyra, 
4250 
I see thee yet, in form as palpable 
As this [dagger] which now I draw. 
palpitate 
the facial, from the lower eyelid, (c) Superior: tributaries 
to the angular part of the facial, from the upper eyelid. 
Darkness must overshadow all his bounds, 
Palitable darkness, and blot out three days. 
Milton, P. L., xii. 188. 
Hence 2. Plain; evident; obvjous; easily per- 
Shak., Macbeth, ii. i. 40. palpebralis (pal-pe-bra'lis), n. ; pi. palpebralen 
(-lez). [NL., < LL. palpcbralis, of or on the eye- 
. ., . 
lids: see palpebral.} The muscle which lifts 
the upper eyelid, commonly called lecatorpal- 
pebrse superioris. 
. r ------ . .. 
ceived or detected: as, jwipaWfl lies; a, palpable palpebrate (pal'pe-brat), a. [< L. palpebra, 
eyelid, + -atel.] Having eyelids. 
- " '""" - - 
l.] 
It grows to a height" of 80 or sometimes 100 feet, its 
cylindrical trunk bearing a round head of leaves which 
are 8 or 10 feet long, with a blade of circular outline, 
plaited and palmately incised. From it are obtained tod- 
Its fruit is eaten roasted and makes 
The which'e is man and bus make and moillere-is issue, 
So is god godes sone in thre peraones the Trinite. - , 
Piers Plowman (C), xix. 235. palpi, 
Smart. 
vegetable. The wood of old trees is extremely hard and 
strong, is used for many purposes, and is to some extent 
exported. The leaves serve for thatching and for all man- 
ner of plaited ware, and, with those of the talipot, are uni- 
versally used by the Hindus to write on with a style. I 
abounds in most parts of India, especially on sandy tracts 
near the sea, and makes a striking feature of the land- 
dy and jagg'ery. Its fruit is eaten roasted ana makes These lies are like their father that begets them; gross 
a jelly, and the roots of young seedlings are used^as a as a mountain, open, palpable. 
I took my wife to my cosen, Thomas Fepys, and found 
, , 
them just sat down to dinner, which was very good ; only 
the venison pasty was palpable mutton, which was not 
handsome. Pepyf, Diary, I. 5. 
hair. 
3. In med., perceptible by palpation. = Syn. 1. palpicorn '(pal'pi- 
_* Tangible. 2. Manifest, evident, unmistakable, glaring, korn), a. and n. [< 
2. [cap.} In 2007., the typical genus of Palmy- g ro ss. 
ridie. P. aurifera is a beautiful species, with palpableness (pal'pa-bl-nes), n. The property 
gold-colored parapodia two inches long. of being palpable ; plainness ; obviousness ; 
Same as grossness. 
palpably (pal'pa-bli), adv. In a palpable man- 
Same as ner ; in such a manner as to be perceived by the 
touch; hence, plainly; obviously: as, palpably 
The wood mistaken. 
of the palmyra, thecocoaiiut, and perhaps other palpal (pal'pal), a. [< palp + -al.} Forming 
palms, exported from India. or formed by a palp ; pertaining to a palp or to 
Balmvre (pal'mlr), n. A worm of the genus palpi ; palpiform Palpal organs, in arachnology, 
complicated modifications of the digital or terminal joint 
prominent superciliary ridges. 
)alpi, n. Plural of palpus. 
palpicil (pal'pi-sil), n. [< NL. palpus, a feelgr, 
+ cilium, q. v.] A tactile hair, or filament 
sensitive to touch ; a filar tentacle ; a trigger- 
hair, such as is found attached to the thread- 
cells of many ccelen- 
terates. See trigger- 
Also palpocil. 
gold-colored parapod 
palmyra-palm (pal-mi'ra-pam), n 
palmyra, I. 
palmyra-tree (pal-mi'ra-tre), n. 
palmyra, 1. 
palmyra-WOOd (pal-mi'ra-wud), . 
Palmyra. 
Palmyrene (pal-mi-ren'), a. and n. [< L. Pal- 
myrenus, Palmirenus, < Palmyra, Palmira, a city 
of Syria: see palmyra.} I. a. Of or pertaining r _ 
to Palmyra or its inhabitants. palpate (pal'pat), v. t.; pret. and pp. palpated, 
II. n. A native or an inhabitant of Palmyra, ppr. palpating. [< L. palpatus, pp. of palpare, 
originally called Tadmor, an ancient city of touch, stroke : see palp, v.} To feel or feel for, 
Syria. as if with a palp ; explore by touch, as with the 
The Palmyrene [Zenobia] fingers ; perform palpation upon ; manipulate. 
That fought Aurelian. Tennyson, Princess, ii. p a lp a t e (pal'pat), a. [< NL. palpatus, < pal- 
of each pedipalp, found only in male spiders. They con- beetle. 
sist of a kind of spring box in which the spermatophores PalplCOmia (pal-pl-kor m-a), )(. pi. [I 
are received from the genital orifice and conveyed to the palpicorn.} A tribe of pentamerous Coleoptera 
body of the female. See cut under Araneida. vAr.T-eaBTit.Afl hv the familv HiidrtmlM" " 
NL. palpus, palp, + 
L. cornu = E. horn.} 
I. a. Having palpi 
like horns or anten- 
nae, as an insect; 
having the charac- 
ters of the Palpicor- 
nia; pertaining 
the Palpicornia. 
II. n. 1. A long 
labial palpus, like an antenna. 2. A palpicorn 
beetle. 
[NL. : see 
Under Side of Bead of a Water- 
beetle (HydrophilHs trictngulans}, 
greatly enlarged, showing I, labruin ; 
s, mandibles; 3, maxillary palpus : 
tO 4, ligula : 5, mentum ; 6, palpiger, in 
this case two-jointed ; 7, labiat palpus, 
or palpicom ; 8, antenna. 
Palmyrian (pal-mir'i-an), a. and n. [< L. Pal- pus, a feeler: see palp 
Provded 
I W****,F *w \l - J, -- u J I vl LUC IIUUAUOI ^CllClOlilJ V 
myra, Palmyra, + -tow.] Same >a.s Palmyrene with palps. ; ,-^/T bearing the maxillary palpus. 
Palmyridae (pal-mir'i-de), n. pi. [NL., < Pal- palpatlon(pal-pa'shon),. [=F.j;a/pafao,<L. . * 
> i__ T A j> ;i_ _* j~ _ n i.,.1, Ai4-A.-< . i . . ,. i '.../ ,> \ n Ktnn>4* / nisiJtifiw t\-r\ wifilnnnlnis y ***/** 
myra + -idle.} A family of marine polychsetous palj 
annelids, typified by the genus Palmyra. 
palo (pa'16), n. [Hind.] Same as gulancha. 
Also giloe and galo. 
palo-blanco (pa'16-blang"k6), . [Sp., < palo. 
Unlesse their pliancies may have a sight and sensible pal- 
pation of that more clarified subsistence, they will prefer 
palO-blanCO (pa'16-blang"6), (. p., pao, potion of that more care sussence 
stick (see pale*), + bianco, white (see blank).] Infidelity itself to an unimaginable > idea. 
Qlanville, Vanity of Dogmatizing, ii. 
2. 
or 
A variety of the haekberry, Celtis oceidentalis, 
var. reticulata. It is a small tree, often reduced to a 
low shrub, found from Texas throughout the Ilocky Moun- 
tains to Oregon. 
palolo (pa-16'16), n. [Native name in Samoa 
and the Tonga Islands, = Fijian mbalolo, also . . 
balolo.} 1 A remarkable marine worm of the Palpatores (pal-pa-to rez), n. pi. 
family Nereides, Palolo viridis, found in vast 
numbers in the Polynesian seas, and much 
used for food by the natives. It is a notobranchi- 
ate polychsetous annelid, formerly placed in the genus 
Lysidiee, or forming a genus (Palolo) by itself. It visits 
the Samoan, Fijian, and Gilbert archipelagos to spawn 
once a year, in October, at the last quarter of the moon. 
2. [cap.} [NL.] A generic name of this worm, 
called Palolo viridis. Also Palola. J. E. Gray, 
1847. 
palpt (palp), v . t. [< F. palper = Sp. palpar = 
It. palpare, < L. palpare, palpari, stroke, touch 
softly, feel. Cf. palpate, n.} To feel; have a 
feeling of. 
And bring upalped darknesse ore the earth. 
Heywood, Brazen Age, ii. 2. 
represented by the family Hydrophilidee, hay- 
ing long slender palps usually exceeding in 
length the short, several-jointed, clavate an- 
tennse. See cuts under Hydrobius and Hydro- 
Also Palpicornes. 
[< NL. palpus, q. v., + 
i entom., an outer lobe 
generally thin and scale-like, 
See cut under 
palpifer + 
having the 
Syn. Palpifer- 
ous, Palpigerous. These epithets are often used indis- 
criminately, but the proper usage will be evident from the 
definitions given. Any insect which has palps is both 
palpiferous and palpigerous, but mouth-parts of insects 
are either palpiferous or palpigerous, according as they 
bear maxillary or labial palps. See cut under mouth-part. 
palpiform (pal'pi-form), a. [= F. palpiforme, 
< NL. palpus, a feeler, palp, + L. forma, form.] 
Having the form or function of a palp or feeler. 
Kirby. See cuts under Hymenoptera and Pen- 
tastomida. Palpiform lobe of the maxilla, in entom., 
the galea or outer lobe when it is two-jointed, having the 
structure and function of a palpus. Sometimes called inner 
palpus. See cut under galea. 
' piger (pal'pi-jer), n. [< NL. palpus, q. v., 
L. gerere, bear.] In entom., a lateral ap- 
pendage of the labium of some insects, situated 
between the mentnm and the ligula, and bear- 
ing the labial palpus. In so far as it is basal, it rep- 
resents the cardo of the maxilla ; in so far as it bears a 
Specifically, in med.j manual examination, 
a method of exploring various organs by 
feeling them with the hand or hands Palpa- 
tion-corpuscles. Same as tactile corpuscles (which see, 
under corpuscle). 
pal-pa-to'rez), n. pi. [NL., < L. 
palpator, a stroker, < palpare, pp. palpatus, 
stroke: see palp, v.} 1. In Macgillivray's sys- 
tem of classification, an order of birds, the ^^__ 
gropers, such as rails, gallinules, and coots: palpiger (pal'pi-jer), n. 
also called Latitores, or skulkers: equivalent 
to the modern family Rallidse, or rather to the 
ralliform birds at large. [Not in use.] 2. In 
entom.: (a) In Latreille's classification (1802), 
a group of beetles corresponding to the modern 
family Scydmsenidse. (b) A suborder of har- 
vestmen or Opiliones, in which the palpi are 
slender and filiform, with or without a tarsal 
claw, the maxillary lobe of the first pair of legs 
is free, the sternum is short, and the genital ,~~ 
aperture is close to the mouth: distinguished palpigerous .(pal-pu e-rus), a. |< palpiger - 
from Laniatores. -*J Bearing labial palps; having the char- 
palpebrie (-bre). acter or function of a palpiger. Ktrby. = syn. 
LevSiOT^llSebrffl^uD? Palpfonaninse (pal"pi-ma-ni'ne), n. pi. [NL., 
Levat I < falpimanus + -ink] A subfamily of salti- 
palpus, it represents the maxillary stipes, or palpifer. 
The suture between the mentum and its attached palpi- 
ger is often obsolete. The name was first applied by New- 
man to a section of the part called lingua by Kirby and 
labium by McLeay and others. See cuts under Insecta 
and mouth-part. 
feeler. See palpus Labial palp. See labipalp. rioris. See levator'. 
Maxillary palp. Same as /ate, 4. palpebral (pal'pe-bral) 
palpability (pal-pa-bil'i-ti), n. [= F. palpabi- u s> o f OT on the eyelid's, < L. palpebra, the eye- peculiarly thickened fore legs, no inframaxil- 
lite = Sp. palpabilidad = Pg. palpabilidade; as \[&.} 1. Of or pertaining to the eyelids: as, lary organ, and no calamistrium, typified by the 
the palpebral muscles; palpebral folds of con- genus Palpimanus: distinguished fiomEresinee. 
junctiva. 2. Of or pertaining to the eyebrows ; Also Palpimanidee, as a family. O. P. Cambridge, 
superciliary: a loose use of the word nailer's 1872. 
palpebral muscle. See muscle. Palpebral arteries, Palpimanus (pal-pim'a-nus), n. [NL. (Dufour. 
two branches, the superior and the inferior, of the oph- 
thalmic, supplying the conjunctiva, caruncle, lacrymal 
sac, and eyelids. Palpebral cartilage. See cartilage. ** ----- =, .A. 
Palpebral conjunctiva, the conjunctiva lining the recently the sole genus of this subfamily. 
eyelids, as distinct from the ocular conjunctiva. Pal- but two 'spinnerets ; thejfpre legs have three cla 
pebral fissure. See fissure. Palpebral folds, the re- 
ble, in any sense of that word; palpableness; 
tangibleness. 
He it was that first found out the palpability of colours. 
Martinus Scriblerus, xiv. 
palpable (pal'pa-bl), a. [< WE. palpable = OF. 
(and F.) palpable = Sp. palpable = Pg. palpavel 
= It. palpabile, < LL. palpabilis, that can be 
touched, < L. palpare, palpari, touch, feel : see 
palp, v.} 1. That maybe felt; perceptible by 
the touch ; manifest to sight or touch ; hence, 
appearing as if it might be touched or felt. 
" A, ha ! " quod he, " lo, so I can 
Lewdely to a lewed man 
Speke, and shewe hym swyche skiles 
That he may shake hem bi the biles, 
So palpable they shulden be." 
Chaucer, House of Fame, 1. 869. 
jjcuitul liaauio. occ_/te[tf C. fiui^cuioi lUAUO, ll " 
flection of the conjunctiva from the eyeball to the inner 
l ^pai-jjiin ii-uuo^, it. LAIOJ. \*^ --v; ui , 
1820), < palpus, a feeler, + L. manus, a hand.] 
The typical genus of Palpimaninee, and until 
. It has 
iws, and 
the other legs but two. There has been much dispute as 
to the proper place of this genus. 
surface of the eyeli'd, above or below. Palpebral llga- palpitant (pal'pi-tant), a. [< L. palpitan(t- 
ment, a fibrous band attached externally tothe marginof ____ of 1M 7 m 7,,, Y , nalratati ~ 
the orbit and passing in the eyelid, beneath the orbicularis 
muscle, to be attached to the free margin of the tarsal car- 
tilage. Also called tarsal ligament. Palpebral nerves, 
branches of the lacrymal and infraorbital nerves, given 
respectively to the upper and lower eyelids. Palpebral 
ppr. otpalpitare, palpitate.] Palpitating; pul- 
sating or throbbing visibly ; quivering. 
The white evanescence of innumerable cascades, deli- 
cately palpitant :ts a fall of northern lights. 
Lou-ell, Fireside Travels, p. 188. 
orifice, the opening between the eyelids. Palpebral _i_i4.-4. /,,!/: *5t\ ,. , . , irB t ,] r,r> uuhii- 
veins. (a) External: tributaries of the orbital branch of palpitate (pal_pl-tat). !. , Jiret. 81 
the temporal, from the eyelids, (b) Inferior : tributaries to 
fated, ppr. palpitating. [< L. palpitatits, pp. of 
