Paise Paise noun [
Obs .]
See Poise . Chapman.
Pajamas Pa·ja"mas noun plural [ Hind.
pā-jāma ,
pāejāma , lit., leg closing.]
Originally, in India, loose drawers or trousers, such as those worn, tied about the waist, by Mohammedan men and women; by extension, a similar garment adopted among Europeans, Americans, etc., for wear in the dressing room and during sleep; also, a suit consisting of drawers and a loose upper garment for such wear.
Pajock Pa"jock noun A peacock. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Pakfong Pak"fong` noun See Packfong .
Pal Pal noun [ Etymol. uncertain.]
A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [ Slang]
Palace Pal"ace noun [ Middle English
palais , French
palais , from Latin
palatium , from
Palatium , one of the seven hills of Rome, ... which Augustus had his residence. Confer
Paladin .]
1. The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception. Chaucer. 2. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage. 3. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house. Palace car .
See under Car . --
Palace court ,
a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [ Eng.]
Mozley & W.
Palacious Pa·la"cious adjective Palatial. [ Obsolete]
Graunt.
Paladin Pal"a·din noun [ French, from Italian
paladino , from Latin
palatinus an officer of the palace. See
Palatine .]
A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir W. Scott.
Palama Pal"a·ma noun ;
plural Palamme . [ New Latin , from Greek ... the palm.]
(Zoology) A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.
Palamate Pal"a·mate adjective [ From
Palma .]
(Zoology) Web-footed.
Palamedeć Pal`a·me"de·ć noun plural [ New Latin ]
(Zoology) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; -- called also screamers . In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.
Palampore Pal`am·pore" noun See Palempore .
Palanka Pa·lan"ka noun [ Confer Italian , Portuguese , & Spanish
palanca , from Latin
palanga ,
phalanga a pole, Greek ... ]
(Mil.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.
Palanquin Pal`an·quin" noun [ French
palanquin , Portuguese
palanquim , Javan.
palangki , OJavan.
palangkan , through Prakrit from Sanskrit
parya...ka ,
palya...ka , bed, couch;
pari around (akin to E. prefix
peri- ) +
a...ka a hook, flank, probably akin to English
angle fishing tackle. Confer
Palkee .]
An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two projecting poles, -- used in India, China, etc., for the conveyance of a single person from place to place. [ Written also
palankeen .]
Palapteryx Pa·lap"te·ryx noun [
Paleo- +
apteryx .]
(Paleon.) A large extinct ostrichlike bird of New Zealand.
Palatability Pal`a·ta·bil"i·ty noun Palatableness.
Palatable Pal"a·ta·ble adjective [ From
Palate .]
Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice.
Palatableness Pal"a·ta·ble·ness noun The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness.
Palatably Pal"a·ta·bly adverb In a palatable manner.
Palatal Pal"a·tal adjective [ Confer French
palatal .]
1. Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones. 2. (Phonetics) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk .
Palatal Pal"a·tal noun (Phon.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y .
Palatalize Pal"a·tal·ize transitive verb (Phon.) To palatize.
Palate Pal"ate noun [ Latin
palatum : confer French
palais , Of. also
palat .]
1. (Anat.) The roof of the mouth. » The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the
hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the
soft palate , or
velum .
2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests.
Pope. 3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker. 4. (Botany) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon.
Palate Pal"ate transitive verb To perceive by the taste. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Palatial Pa·la"tial adjective [ Latin
palatium palace. See
Palace .]
Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures. "
Palatial style."
A. Drummond.
Palatial Pa·la"tial adjective [
From Palate .]
(Anat.) Palatal; palatine. [ Obsolete]
Barrow.
Palatial Pa·la"tial noun A palatal letter. [ Obsolete]
Sir W. Jones.
Palatic Pa·lat"ic adjective (Anat.) Palatal; palatine.
Palatic Pa·lat"ic noun (Phon.) A palatal. [ R.]
Palatinate Pa·lat"i·nate noun [ French
palatinat . See
Palatine .]
The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine. Howell.
Palatinate Pa·lat"i·nate transitive verb To make a palatinate of. [ Obsolete]
Fuller.
Palatine Pal"a·tine adjective [ French
palatin , Latin
palatinus , from
palatium . See
Palace , and confer
Paladin .]
Of or pertaining to a palace, or to a high officer of a palace; hence, possessing royal privileges. Count palatine ,
County palatine .
See under Count , and County . --
Palatine hill , or
The palatine ,
one of the seven hills of Rome, once occupied by the palace of the Cćsars. See Palace .
Palatine Pal"a·tine noun 1. One invested with royal privileges and rights within his domains; a count palatine. See Count palatine , under 4th Count . 2. The Palatine hill in Rome.
Palatine Pal"a·tine adjective [ From Palate.]
(Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate. Palatine bones (Anat.) ,
a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.
Palatine Pal"a·tine noun (Anat.) A palatine bone.
Palative Pal"a·tive adjective Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [ Obsolete] "
Palative delights."
Sir T. Browne.
Palatize Pal"a·tize transitive verb To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound. --
Pal`a*ti*za"tion noun J. Peile.
Palato- Pal"a·to- [ From Palate .] A combining form used in anatomy to indicate relation to , or connection with , the palate ; as in palatolingual .
Palatonares Pal`a·to·na"res noun plural [ New Latin See
Palato- , and
Nares .]
(Anat.) The posterior nares. See Nares .
Palatopterygoid Pal`a·top·ter"y·goid adjective [
Palato- +
pterygoid .]
(Anat.) Pertaining to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and pterygoid bones are developed.
Palaver Pa·la"ver noun [ Spanish
palabra , or Portuguese
palavra , from Latin
parabola a comparison, a parable, Late Latin , a word. See
Parable .]
1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to deceive; flattery. 2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public conference and deliberation; a debate. This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers .
Carlyle.
Palaver Pa·la"ver transitive verb & i. [
imperfect & past participle Palavered ;
present participle & verbal noun Palavering .]
To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully. Palavering the little language for her benefit.
C. Bront...
Palaverer Pa·la"ver·er noun One who palavers; a flatterer.
Pale Pale adjective [
Compar. Paler ;
superl. Palest .] [ French
pâle , from
pâlir to turn pale, Latin
pallere to be o... look pale. Confer
Appall ,
Fallow ,
pall ,
intransitive verb ,
Pallid .]
1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. "
Pale as a forpined ghost."
Chaucer. Speechless he stood and pale .
Milton. They are not of complexion red or pale .
T. Randolph. 2. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon. The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick;
It looks a little paler .
Shak. »
Pale is often used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as,
pale -colored,
pale -eyed,
pale -faced,
pale -looking, etc.
Pale Pale noun Paleness; pallor. [ R.]
Shak.
Pale Pale intransitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Paled ;
present participle & verbal noun Paling .]
To turn pale; to lose color or luster. Whittier. Apt to pale at a trodden worm.
Mrs. Browning.
Pale Pale transitive verb To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. The glow...worm shows the matin to be near,
And gins to pale his uneffectual fire.
Shak.
Pale Pale noun [ French
pal , from Latin
palus : confer Dutch
paal . See
Pol... a stake, and lst
Pallet .]
1. A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down.
Mortimer. 2. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. "Within one
pale or hedge."
Robynson (More's Utopia). 3. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. "To walk the studious cloister's
pale ."
Milton. "Out of the
pale of civilization."
Macaulay. 4. A stripe or band, as on a garment. Chaucer. 5. (Her.) One of the greater ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon, equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of it. 6. A cheese scoop. Simmonds. 7. (Shipbuilding) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. English pale (Hist.) ,
the limits or territory within which alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172. Spencer.
Pale Pale transitive verb To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off. [ Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled in
With rocks unscalable and roaring waters.
Shak.
Palea Pa"le·a noun ;
plural Paleć (-ē). [ Latin , chaff.]
1. (Botany) (a) The interior chaff or husk of grasses. (b) One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, as the Coreopsis, the sunflower, etc. 2. (Zoology) A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.
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