Pallbearer Pall"bear·er noun One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

Pallet Pal"let noun [ Middle English paillet , French paillet a heap of straw, from paille straw, from Latin palea chaff; confer Greek ... fine meal, dust, Sanskrit pala straw, palāva chaff. Confer Paillasse .] A small and mean bed; a bed of straw. Milton.

Pallet Pal"let noun [ Dim. of pale . See Pale a stake.] (Her.) A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale.

Pallet Pal"let noun [ French palette : af. Italian paletta ; prop. and orig., a fire shovel, dim. of Latin pala a shovel, spade. See Peel a shovel.] 1. (Paint.) Same as Palette .

2. (Pottery) (a) A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms. (b) A potter's wheel.

3. (Gilding) (a) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it. (b) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.

4. (Brickmaking) A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack. Knight.

5. (Machinery) (a) A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel. (b) One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump. Knight.

6. (Horology) One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel. Brande & C.

7. (Mus.) In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.

8. (Zoology) One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, as the Teredo. See Illust. of Teredo .

9. A cup containing three ounces, -- ...ormerly used by surgeons.

Pallial Pal"li·al adjective [ Latin pallium a mantle. See Pall .] (Zoology) Of or pretaining to a mantle, especially to the mantle of mollusks; produced by the mantle; as, the pallial line, or impression, which marks the attachment of the mantle on the inner surface of a bivalve shell. See Illust. of Bivalve .

Pallial chamber (Zoology) , the cavity inclosed by the mantle. -- Pallial sinus (Zoology) , an inward bending of the pallial line, near the posterior end of certain bivalve shells, to receive the siphon. See Illust. of Bivalve .

Palliament Pal"li·a·ment noun [ Late Latin palliare to clothe, from Latin pallium a manltle. See Pall the garment.] A dress; a robe. [ Obsolete] Shak.

Palliard Pal"liard noun [ French paillard , orig., one addicted to the couch, from paille straw. See Pallet a small bed.]

1. A born beggar; a vagabond. [ Obsolete] Halliwell.

2. A lecher; a lewd person. [ Obsolete] Dryden.

Palliasse Pal·liasse" noun See Paillasse .

Palliate Pal"li·ate adjective [ Latin palliatus , from pallium a cloak. See Pall the garment.] 1. Covered with a mant...e; cloaked; disguised. [ Obsolete] Bp. Hall.

2. Eased; mitigated; alleviated. [ Obsolete] Bp. Fell.

Palliate Pal"li·ate transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Palliated; present participle & verbal noun Palliating.] 1. To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide. [ Obsolete]

Being palliated with a pilgrim's coat.

Sir T. Herbert.

2. To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.

They never hide or palliate their vices.

Swift.

3. To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.

To palliate dullness, and give time a shove.

Cowper.

Syn. -- To cover; cloak; hide; extenuate; conceal. -- To Palliate , Extenuate , Cloak . These words, as here compared, are used in a figurative sense in reference to our treatment of wrong action. We cloak in order to conceal completely. We extenuate a crime when we endeavor to show that it is less than has been supposed; we palliate a crime when we endeavor to cover or conceal its enormity, at least in part. This naturally leads us to soften some of its features, and thus palliate approaches extenuate till they have become nearly or quite identical. "To palliate is not now used, though it once was, in the sense of wholly cloaking or covering over, as it might be, our sins, but in that of extenuating ; to palliate our faults is not to hide them altogether, but to seek to diminish their guilt in part." Trench.

Palliation Pal`li·a"tion noun [ Confer French palliation .] 1. The act of palliating, or state of being palliated; extenuation; excuse; as, the palliation of faults, offenses, vices.

2. Mitigation; alleviation, as of a disease. Bacon.

3. That which cloaks or covers; disguise; also, the state of being covered or disguised. [ Obsolete]

Palliative Pal"li·a·tive adjective [ Confer French palliatif .] Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

Palliative Pal"li·a·tive noun That which palliates; a palliative agent. Sir W. Scott.

Palliatory Pal"li·a·to·ry adjective Palliative; extenuating.

Pallid Pal"lid adjective [ Latin pallidus , from pallere to be or look pale. See pale , adjective ] Deficient in color; pale; wan; as, a pallid countenance; pallid blue. Spenser.

Pallidity Pal·lid"i·ty noun Pallidness; paleness.

Pallidly Pal"lid·ly adverb In a pallid manner.

Pallidness Pal"lid·ness noun The quality or state of being pallid; paleness; pallor; wanness.

Palliobranchiata Pal`li·o·bran`chi·a"ta noun plural [ New Latin ] (Zoology) Same as Brachiopoda .

Palliobranchiate Pal`li·o·bran"chi·ate adjective [ See Pallium , and Branchia .] (Zoology) Having the pallium, or mantle, acting as a gill, as in brachiopods.

Pallium Pal"li·um noun ; plural Latin Pallia English Palliums . [ Latin See Pall the garment.] 1. (Anc. Costume) A large, square, woolen cloak which enveloped the whole person, worn by the Greeks and by certain Romans. It is the Roman name of a Greek garment.

2. (R.C.Ch.) A band of white wool, worn on the shoulders, with four purple crosses worked on it; a pall.

» The wool is obtained from two lambs brought to the basilica of St. Agnes, Rome, and blessed. It is worn by the pope, and sent to patriarchs, primates, and archbishops, as a sign that they share in the plenitude of the episcopal office. Befoer it is sent, the pallium is laid on the tomb of St. Peter, where it remains all night.

3. (Zoology) (a) The mantle of a bivalve. See Mantle . (b) The mantle of a bird.

Pallone Pal·lo"ne noun [ Italian , a large ball, from palla ball. See Balloon .] An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.

Pallor Pal"lor noun [ Latin , from pallere to be or look pale. See Pale , adjective ] Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion. Jer. Taylor.

Palm Palm noun [ Middle English paume , French paume , Latin palma , Greek ..., akin to Sanskrit pāni hand, and English fumble . See Fumble , Feel , and confer 2d Palm .] 1. (Anat.) The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

Clench'd her fingers till they bit the palm .

Tennyson.

2. A lineal measure equal either to the breadth of the hand or to its length from the wrist to the ends of the fingers; a hand; -- used in measuring a horse's height.

» In Greece, the palm was reckoned at three inches. The Romans adopted two measures of this name, the lesser palm of 2.91 inches, and the greater palm of 8.73 inches. At the present day, this measure varies in the most arbitrary manner, being different in each country, and occasionally varying in the same. Internat. Cyc.

3. (Sailmaking) A metallic disk, attached to a strap, and worn the palm of the hand, -- used to push the needle through the canvas, in sewing sails, etc.

4. (Zoology) The broad flattened part of an antler, as of a full-grown fallow deer; -- so called as resembling the palm of the hand with its protruding fingers.

5. (Nautical) The flat inner face of an anchor fluke.

Palm Palm noun [ Anglo-Saxon palm , Latin palma ; -- so named from the leaf resembling a hand. See lst Palm , and confer Pam .]

1. (Botany) Any endogenous tree of the order Palmæ or Palmaceæ ; a palm tree.

» Palms are perennial woody plants, often of majestic size. The trunk is usually erect and rarely branched, and has a roughened exterior composed of the persistent bases of the leaf stalks. The leaves are borne in a terminal crown, and are supported on stout, sheathing, often prickly, petioles. They are usually of great size, and are either pinnately or palmately many-cleft. There are about one thousand species known, nearly all of them growing in tropical or semitropical regions. The wood, petioles, leaves, sap, and fruit of many species are invaluable in the arts and in domestic economy. Among the best known are the date palm, the cocoa palm, the fan palm, the oil palm, the wax palm, the palmyra, and the various kinds called cabbage palm and palmetto.

2. A branch or leaf of the palm, anciently borne or worn as a symbol of victory or rejoicing.

A great multitude . . . stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palme in their hands.

Rev. vii. 9.

3. Hence: Any symbol or token of superiority, success, or triumph; also, victory; triumph; supremacy. "The palm of martyrdom." Chaucer.

So get the start of the majestic world
And bear the palm alone.

Shak.

Molucca palm (Botany) , a labiate herb from Asia ( Molucella lævis ), having a curious cup-shaped calyx. -- Palm cabbage , the terminal bud of a cabbage palm, used as food. -- Palm cat (Zoology) , the common paradoxure. -- Palm crab (Zoology) , the purse crab. -- Palm oil , a vegetable oil, obtained from the fruit of several species of palms, as the African oil palm ( Elæis Guineensis ), and used in the manufacture of soap and candles. See Elæis . -- Palm swift (Zoology) , a small swift ( Cypselus Batassiensis ) which frequents the palmyra and cocoanut palms in India. Its peculiar nest is attached to the leaf of the palmyra palm. -- Palm toddy . Same as Palm wine . -- Palm weevil (Zoology) , any one of mumerous species of very large weevils of the genus Rhynchophorus . The larvæ bore into palm trees, and are called palm borers , and grugru worms . They are considered excellent food. -- Palm wine , the sap of several species of palms, especially, in India, of the wild date palm ( Phœnix sylvestrix ), the palmyra, and the Caryota urens . When fermented it yields by distillation arrack, and by evaporation jaggery. Called also palm toddy . -- Palm worm , or Palmworm . (Zoology) (a) The larva of a palm weevil . (b) A centipede.

Palm Palm transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Palmed ; present participle & verbal noun Palming .] 1. To handle. [ Obsolete] Prior.

2. To manipulate with, or conceal in, the palm of the hand; to juggle.

They palmed the trick that lost the game.

Prior.

3. To impose by fraud, as by sleight of hand; to put by unfair means; -- usually with off .

For you may palm upon us new for old.

Dryden.

Palm Palm transitive verb To "grease the palm" of; to bribe or tip. [ Slang]

Palm Sunday Palm" Sun`day (Eccl.) The Sunday next before Easter; -- so called in commemoration of our Savior's triumphal entry into Jerusalem, when the multitude strewed palm branches in the way.

Palma Christi Pal"ma Chris"ti [ Latin , palm of Christ.] (Botany) A plant ( Ricinus communis ) with ornamental peltate and palmately cleft foliage, growing as a woody perennial in the tropics, and cultivated as an herbaceous annual in temperate regions; -- called also castor-oil plant . [ Sometimes corrupted into palmcrist .]

Palmaceous Pal·ma"ceous adjective (Botany) Of or pertaining to palms; of the nature of, or resembling, palms.

Palmacite Pal"ma·cite noun (Paleon.) A fossil palm.

Palmar Pal"mar adjective [ Latin palmaris , from palma the palm of the hand: confer French palmaire .] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or corresponding with, the palm of the hand.

2. (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the under side of the wings of birds.

Palmarium Pal·ma"ri·um noun ; plural Palmaria . [ New Latin See Palmar .] (Zoology) One of the bifurcations of the brachial plates of a crinoid.

Palmary Pal"ma·ry adjective (Anat.) Palmar.

Palmary Pal"ma·ry adjective [ Latin palmarius , palmaris , belonging to palms, deserving the palm or prize, from palma a palm.] Worthy of the palm; palmy; preëminent; superior; principal; chief; as, palmary work. Br. Horne.

Palmate Pal"mate noun (Chemistry) A salt of palmic acid; a ricinoleate. [ Obsoles.]

Palmate, Palmated Pal"mate, Pal"ma·ted adjective [ Latin palmatus marked with the palm of a hand, from palma the palm of the hand.]

1. Having the shape of the hand; resembling a hand with the fingers spread.

2. (Botany) Spreading from the apex of a petiole, as the divisions of a leaf, or leaflets, so as to resemble the hand with outspread fingers. Gray.

3. (Zoology) (a) Having the anterior toes united by a web, as in most swimming birds; webbed. See Illust. (i) under Aves . (b) Having the distal portion broad, flat, and more or less divided into lobes; -- said of certain corals, antlers, etc.

Palmately Pal"mate·ly adverb In a palmate manner.

Palmatifid Pal·mat"i·fid adjective [ Latin palmatus palmate + root of findere to split.] (Botany) Palmate, with the divisions separated but little more than halfway to the common center.

Palmatilobed Pal·mat"i·lobed adjective [ Latin palmatus palmate + English lobed .] (Botany) Palmate, with the divisions separated less than halfway to the common center.

Palmatisect, Palmatisected Pal·mat"i·sect, Pal·mat`i·sect"ed adjective [ Latin palmatus palmate + secare to cut.] (Botany) Divided, as a palmate leaf, down to the midrib, so that the parenchyma is interrupted.

Palmcrist Palm"crist noun The palma Christi. ( Jonah iv. 6, margin, and Douay version, note. )

Palmed Palmed adjective Having or bearing a palm or palms.

Palmed deer (Zoology) , a stag of full growth, bearing palms. See lst Palm , 4.

Palmer Palm"er noun [ From Palm , transitive verb ] One who palms or cheats, as at cards or dice.

Palmer Palm"er noun [ From Palm the tree.] A wandering religious votary; especially, one who bore a branch of palm as a token that he had visited the Holy Land and its sacred places. Chaucer.

Pilgrims and palmers plighted them together.

P. Plowman.

The pilgrim had some home or dwelling place, the palmer had none. The pilgrim traveled to some certain, designed place or places, but the palmer to all.

T. Staveley.

Palmer Palm"er noun 1. (Zoology) A palmerworm.
[ Webster 1913 Suppl.]

2. (Angling) Short for Palmer fly , an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.
[ Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Palmer Palm"er noun 1. (Zoology) A palmerworm.

2. (Angling) Short for Palmer fly , an artificial fly made to imitate a hairy caterpillar; a hackle.

Palmerworm Palm"er·worm` noun (Zoology) (a) Any hairy caterpillar which appears in great numbers, devouring herbage, and wandering about like a palmer. The name is applied also to other voracious insects. Joel. i. 4. (b) In America, the larva of any one of several moths, which destroys the foliage of fruit and forest trees, esp. the larva of Ypsolophus pometellus , which sometimes appears in vast numbers.

Palmette Pal·mette" noun [ French, dim. of palme a palm.] A floral ornament, common in Greek and other ancient architecture; -- often called the honeysuckle ornament .

Palmetto Pal·met"to noun [ Dim. of palm the tree: confer Spanish palmito .] (Botany) A name given to palms of several genera and species growing in the West Indies and the Southern United States. In the United States, the name is applied especially to the Chamærops, or Sabal, Palmetto , the cabbage tree of Florida and the Carolinas. See Cabbage tree , under Cabbage .

Royal palmetto , the West Indian Sabal umbraculifera , the trunk of which, when hollowed, is used for water pipes, etc. The leaves are used for thatching, and for making hats, ropes, etc. -- Saw palmetto , Sabal serrulata , a native of Georgia, South Carolina, and Florida. The nearly impassable jungle which it forms is called palmetto scrub .

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