palpitate 
li<il)>iti<rr (> It. i>(itpitiirc = Sp. I'g. /idl/iitar = 
F.palpiter), throb, pant, palpitate, froq. of /</- 
II/ITI. feel, move quickly: see palp, .] To 
beat or pulsate rapidly ; throb; nutter or move 
with slight throbs (sniil speeitically of the heart 
when it is characterized by an abnormal or ex- 
citeil nioveineiit); tremble; quiver. 
As 't were u hundred-throated nightingale, 
The strong tempestuous treble thnibb'd and paliiitated. 
/,//*), Vision of Sin, ii. 
Iler { Mrs. iirowning'sl genius certainly may be compared 
to those sensitive, palpitating flames which harmonically 
rise anil fall in response to every sound-vibration near 
Hi, ni. Stedman, Viet. Poets, p. 114. 
palpitation (pal-pi-ta'shon), '* [< P- palpita- 
linii = Sp. iii/liiiliii-ioH = Pg. palpitagtto = It. 
IMil/iitiizioiic, < L. i>alj>itatio(n-), < palpitate, pp. 
/iiil/iii/ilun, throb: see palpitate.] The act of 
palpitating, throbbing, quivering, or trembling ; 
specifically, a beating or pulsation of the heart, 
particularly a violent and unnatural beating or 
pulsation, such as is excited by violent action, 
by emotion, or by disease. 
I could scarce find any Palpitation within me on the 
left Side, when yours of the 1st of September waa brought 
me. HouxU, Letters, I. vl. 16. 
tut, in any house where virtue and self-respect abide, 
the palpitation which the approach of a stranger causes. 
Kwersfin, Friendship. 
palpless (palp'les), a. Haying no palps. 
palpocil(pal'po-sil), n. Same as palpicil. E.R. 
Ltinkt xli r. 
palpulus(pal'pu-lus), n.; -p\. palpuli (-\i). [NL., 
dim. of palpus, q. v.] In entom., a small pal- 
pus ; specifically, one of the maxillary palpi of 
Lepidoptera, which are generally much smaller 
than the labial palpi. 
palpus (pal'pus), w.; yl.palpi (-pi). [NL.: see 
//?;<.] In sool.: (a) One of the jointed or- 
gans attached to the labium and maxilla? of 
insects ; a feeler. The labial palpi are two In num- 
ber, rising either from the llgula or from the edge of 
the mentum ; the 
maxillary palpi are 
placed one on the 
outer side of each 
maxilla. Besides 
these, certain Cole- 
optera have a sec- 
ond two-jointed 
l> ilpih'i in appen- 
dage on each max- 
illa, formed by a 
modification of the 
galeU or external He;uJ of Cockroach (Rlatta ameiicana). 
lobe. The palpi 
vary much in form 
and in the number 
of joints, which is 
never more than 
six ; they are sometimes aborted or entirely absent, as 
in the Hemiptera. In the Lepidoptera this term is com- 
monly restricted to the large labial palpi, the much smaller 
maxillary ones being distinguished as palpuli. The palpi 
are supposed by some to be organs of taste or touch. In 
the spiders the maxillary palpi are greatly developed, 
forming the pedipalps ; these, In the scorpions, become 
chelate appendages, commonly called the front legs. 
Small palpi are also developed from the mandibles and 
maxillie of certain crustaceans. See cut* under Acarida, 
AUorhina, Erotylus, ffalea, Hymenoptera, Insecta, Meloe, 
mouth-part, fiyinphon, Araneida, scorpion, Hu- 
i,zu<lPodophthalmia. (b) One of the 
i, labial palp; v. maxillary palp : 3, pal- 
piger ; 4, divided lingua ; s. paraglo&sa ; 6. 
l*"'^ 7 ' bto l , 8 > po'PiK" "<> st 'P 
(fused); o.cardo; 10, lacmia ; ii.galoa; , 
mentum ; 13, subnientum. 
, 
thus,Cryptophialus, 
lous uiollusks. More fully called labial palpux. 
See second cut under Lamellibranchiata.cia.- 
vate, cuneiform, divided, labial, maxillary, etc. , pal- 
pi. See the adjectives. 
palsgrave (palz'grav), n. [Formerly also palts- 
grare; MD. paltsgrave, D. paltsgraaf (G. pfalz- 
i/rnf) ; < MD. palts (G. pfalz), palace, + grave, 
t>. graaf (G. graf), count : see palace, palatine 1 , 
and </rareB.] A count palatine ; a palatine. 
Occupying the Palsgrave's palace consuming his choice 
wines with my companions. Scott, Legend of Montrose. 11. 
palsgravine (palz'gra-ven), n. [< palsgrave + 
-iiir, fern, sufnx, as in margravine.} The con- 
sort or widow of a palsgrave. 
palsicalt (pal'zi-kal), a. [< palsy + -ie + -/.] 
Affected with palsy ; paralytic. Bailey, 1727. 
palstaff (pal'staf), n. ; pi. palstaves. [Also pal- 
i<iri',paalstaf,paalstab; < Dan. paalstav, < Icel. 
iialatafr, a pole with an iron spike, a kind of 
heavy missile, < pall, a pale (pole T), also a kind 
of hoe or spade, + stafr = E. staff. Not con- 
nected with D. palsterstaf, a pilgrim's staff, < 
palster, a staff, T staf, a staff : see palster and 
staff.'] A form of celt which resembles a chisel. 
It has instead of a socket a tongue which fits 
into a handle. 
The total number of analyses of swords, spears, and 
javelins, axes, and so-called celts and palstaves, known to 
me. is one hundred and eight. 
W. K. Sullivan, Introd. to O'Curry's Anc. Irish, p. ccccxx. 
At the b. it t , ,111 of the well [at Sorgentl di VicarelloL un- 
der the shapeless fragmeuta of copper, there was nothing 
4251 
but gravel; at leant tin- workmen and their leaden thought 
so. It was not gravel, however ; it was a Mratuin of ar- 
row-heads and paaUtabs and knives of polished stone, of- 
fered to the sacred spring by the half-savage people settled 
on the shores of the Logo dl Bracctaiio i [<>i t IK f<, initia- 
tion of Rome. Lanciani, Anrirnt Koine in tin- Light 
[of Eecent Discoverleu, p. *7. 
palstert (pal'ster), H. [< MD. i>alter, a staff, 
a pike, D. palxter, a staff, walking-stick (also, in 
comp. , patsterxtok, palnterstaf, a pilgrim's staff), 
perhaps < part, a pale, stake, stick, + -ster, E. 
-Mter.] A pilgrim H utafT. llniiiinli. 
palsy (pal'zi), n. and ". [< M K. palsey, i>alsye, 
IMilnsyt; palfxic (td&o piirlrxir, pitriilixit; etc.), < 
OP. "palasie, "jialesie, paUurine (also \xtralynie), 
P. paralysis = Pr. parelini = 8p. pardlisix, per- 
lesia = Pg. paralysia = It. paralisia, < L. para- 
lysis, < Or. jra/xi/txT/r, palsy, paralysis: see />n 
raly#ifi.] I. n. A weakening, suspension, or 
abolition of muscular power or sensation; pa- 
ralysis. See paralysis. 
There oure Lord heled a Man of the Palan/e, that lay 38 
Zeer. MaiulenUt, Travels, p. 88. 
What you have spoke, I am content to think 
The /"/*'/ shook your tongue to. 
Keau. and /-'I., Maid's Tragedy, i. 2. 
What drug can make 
A withcr'd palnj cease to shako '! 
Ttnnytm, Two Voice*. 
Bell's palsy [named after Sir Charles /.'//. the English 
anatomist), paralysis of the facial nerve due to a lesion in 
Its course. Crutch-palsy, paralysis of the arm caused 
by the pressure of a crutch on the nerves in the axilla. 
Lead-palsy. Humeaflead-paralyiw. Mercurial palsy, 
paralysis caused by the presence of mercury in the system. 
Scriveners' or writers' palsy. See vritm' cramp, 
under cramp. Shaking or trembling palsy. Same 
as paralysis ayitaiw (which see, under paralyris). 
II. i. Palsied. [Rare.] 
For shame they hide 
Their palsy heads, to see themselves stand by 
Neglected. Quarla, Emblems, i. 1. 
palsy (pal'zi), v.; pret. and pp. palsied, ppr. 
palsying. [< palsy, .] I. trans. To paralyze ; 
affect with palsy or as with palsy; deprive of 
action or energy. 
All thy blessed youth 
Becomes as aged, and doth beg the alms 
Of pained eld. Shak., M. for M., III. 1. 36. 
A universal shivering ponied every limb. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, I. 130. 
Pained all our deed with doubt, 
And all our word with woe ! 
M. Arnold, Obermann Once More. 
H. intrans. To suffer from palsy ; be affected 
with palsy. 
The heaviness of a broken spirit, and of pining and pal- 
tying faculties, settled slow on her buoyant youth. 
Charlotte Bronte, Shirley, JL 
palsywort (pal'zi-wert), n. [<palsy, n., + wort, 
a plant.] The cowslip, Primula reris, at one 
time believed to be a remedy for palsy. 
paltt (palt), v. [Appar. a var. of pelt 1 ; but cf. 
OP. espautrer, "to palt, pelt, thrash, beat, crush, 
bruise" (Cotgrave) ; cf.alsopaH 3 , beat, knock.] 
1. trans. To beat; pelt. 
Were 't best 
I clime up to yon hill, from whose high crest 
I with more ease with stones may palt them hence? 
lleywood. Dialogues, iv. 
Tell not tales out of schoole, 
Lest you be palled. 
Ballad on Duke o/ BucKiujham. (Nara.) 
II. intrans. To strike; throw stones. 
Am I a Dog, thou Dwarf, . . . 
To be with stones repell'd and palled at? 
Or art thou weary of thy life so soon? 
foolish boy ! 
Sylvester, tr. of Du Barton's Weeks, IL, The Trophies. 
paltt (pftlt), . [<palt, r. CLpelft, n.] A blow. 
Lifting up the wooden weapon, he gave him such sujnlt 
on the pate as made his braines forsake the possession of 
his head, with which his body fell Into the sea. Purchas. 
palter (pal'ter),. [Formerly also paulter; cf. 
paltry.] I. intrans. 1. To talk in a trifling 
manner; babble. 
One whyle his tonge It ran, and paltered of a cat, 
Another whyle he stammered styll upon a rat. 
Up. Still, Gammer Gurton'a Needle, II. 3. 
2. To talk insincerely; equivocate; trifle; shift; 
use trickery. 
These juggling fiends, . . . 
That palter with us in a double sense. 
Ska*., Macbeth, v. 8. 20. 
It was not enough to (eel that the King's government 
w*paltfrinff with them. Motley, Dutch Republic, III. 16. 
Who never sold the truth to serve the boor, 
Orpalter'd with Eternal God for power. 
Tennyson, Death of Wellington. 
II. trans. 1. To trifle away; use or spend in 
a paltry manner ; squander. 
/,'//. But, brother, do you know what learning is? 
Mir. It la not to be a justice of peace, as you are, 
And palter out your time 1' the penal statutes. 
Fletcher (and another), Elder Brother, II. 1. 
paludament 
2. To fashion by trickery; patch up. 
I keepe my old course, to palter vp something In Prow, 
vslng mine old poeaie still, (irrene, Fretlx to Perhnedes. 
palterer (pal'ter-er), n. One who palters or 
equivocates; an insincere dealer; a shifty per- 
son; atrifler; a trickster. 
There be of you, it may be, that will account me a jialtrer, 
for hanging out the signe of the Kudde-lu-rriiiK in my title- 
page, and no such feast towards for ought you i-.-m M->-. 
Xaihe, Lenten stillte (Hail. Misc., VI. Hit). (Itanrs.) 
\ttepalterer with the sacred truth of Clod, 
Be thy soul choked with that blaspheming Ue ! 
Shelley, The Celu-l, Iv. 1. 
palterlyt (pal'ter-li), a. [Also paulterly; < 
*iialter, n. (see palter, v., paltring, and /mllri/), 
+ -/y 1 .] Mean; paltry. 
It U Instead of a wedding dinner for bis daughter, whom 
I saw In palterly clothes, nothing new but a bracelet that 
her servant had given her. Pepys, Diary, Feb. &, 1060. 
palterlyt (pal ' ter-li), adv. [Also paulterly; < 
jHilti-rly, a.] In a palterly manner. 
Thou lewd woman, can I answer thee anything, thou 
dealing thus jnulterly with me. 
Terence in KiiglM (1914). (Nan*. ) 
paltOCkt, paltokt (pal'tok), n. [< UK. paltock, 
/niltok, < OP. paletot, palletoc, paletoque, palle- 
tocque,palletocq, paletttt, palletot, a cloak, cas- 
sock, P. paletot, an overcoat, paletot, < MD. 
paltrock, D. paltsrok, palsrok (= MLO. paltrok, 
LG. paltrokk), a pilgrim's robe; prob. < OF. 
pale, palle, a cloak (see pall 1 ), + MD. rock, D. 
rok, a robe, = MLG. G. 8w. rofk, a coat.] A 
kind of doublet or cloak with sleeves, in use in 
England from the fourteenth to the sixteenth 
century. 
Proude pittite* come with hyin moo than a thousand. 
In paltotes and pyked shoes. 
Pien Plowman (B), xx. 218. 
The earliest entry, under date April, 1S57, relating to 
the gift of an entire suit of clothes to the future poet, con- 
sisting of a jialtock or short cloak, a pair of red and black 
breeches, and a pah- of shoes. Athenjnan, No. 3082, p. 672. 
Paltock's innt. A very poor place. Vavies. 
Swlftlye they determlnd too flee from a countrye so 
wycked, 
Paltacki Inne leaulng, too wrinche thee nauye too south- 
ward. Stanihurtt, .tin-id, iii. 66. 
Comming to Chenas, a blind village, in comparison of 
Athens a Paltocket Inne, he found one Miso well govern* 
Ing hU house. Gatton, Schoole of Abuse, p. 52. 
palton bark. See bark 2 . 
paltrily (pal'tri-li), adv. In a paltry manner; 
in a mean or trifling manner; despicably; 
meanly. 
paltriness (pal'tri-nes), w. The state of being 
paltry, vile, or worthless. 
paltring (p&l'tring), n. [For 'paltering, < 'pal- 
ter, n. (see palterly, paltry), + -ing 1 . Cf. pelt- 
;/ 2 .] A worthless trifle. 
Ciabatterie [It.], triflings, paltrini.it. not worth an old 
shoe [var. ruscallii: foolish things, paultrle, not worth an 
old shoe, trash ed. 1608). Flurio, 1611. 
paltry (pal'tri), a. and n. [Formerly &lso poul- 
try, paultrie; dial, palterey (Brockett); = LG. 
paltrig, ragged, = G. dial, palterig, paltry; ap- 
par., with adj. suffix -w 1 , < "palter, a rag (seen in 
palterly), < MLG.*j>after, 'potter, a rag (in comp. 
palterlappcn, polterlappen. rags), = G. dial. 
palter, a rag, an extended form of MLG. LG. 
palte, a rag, = MD. palt, a piece, fragment. 
= Fries, palt, a rag, = Sw. palta (pi. paltor) = 
Dan. pjalt (pi. pjalter), a rag, tatter. Cf. 7i/- 
tcr, v., and paltring.} I. a. Mean; worthless; 
despicable: as, & paltry trifle; often in a miti- 
gated sense, of little value or consequence. 
Par. A quarrel, ho, already! what's the matter? 
Gra. About a hoop of gold, & paltry ring. 
Shale., M. of V., T. 1. 147. 
These words of your* draw life-blood from my heart : 
On that advantage, bought with such a shame, 
To save a paltry life and slay bright fame. 
Shale., 1 Hen. VI., Iv. 6. ifi. 
A low, paltry set of fellows. 
Goldsmith, She Stoops to Conquer, i. 1. 
What low, poor, paltry, hypocritical people an argument 
on religion will make of the pare and chosen souls ! 
Emersnn, Essays, lit ser., p. 217. 
= 8yn. Despicable, Pitiful, etc. (tee contemptible), Insignifi- 
cant, petty, miserable, wretched, trifling, trivial. 
Il.t n. A wretched, worthless trifle. Florio. 
I little delight In the rehearsal of inch paltry. 
O. Honey, Four Letter*, IL 
paludal (pal'u-dal), a. [= It. paludale, < L. 
palus (palud-), a swamp, marsh.] Of or per- 
taining to marshes; marshy. Also palustral, 
palnstrial, palustrine Paludal fever. 8ee/*ri. 
paludament (pa-lu'da-ment), n. [= Sp. Pg. 
It. paludanieato, < L. paludametitum, a military 
cloak, from a verb represented only in pp. pa- 
ludatus, dressed in a military cloak, esp. in a 
general's cloak.] Same as jtaludamentum. 
