Defn: A dialect descended from Sanskrit, and like that, a dead language, except when used as the sacred language of the Buddhist religion in Farther India, etc.
PALIFICATION Pal`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. palus a stake + -ficare (in comp.) to make: cf. F. palification. See -fy.]
Defn: The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground to make it firm. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.
PALIFORM
Pa"li*form, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling a palus; as, the paliform lobes of the septa in corals.
PALILOGY
Pa*lil"o*gy, n. Etym: [L. palilogia, Gr. (Rhet.)
Defn: The repetition of a word, or part of a sentence, for the sake of greater emphasis; as, "The living, the living, he shall praise thee." Is. xxxviii. 19.
PALIMPSEST
Pal"imp*sest, n. Etym: [L. palimpsestus, Gr. palimpseste.]
Defn: A parchment which has been written upon twice, the first writing having been erased to make place for the second. Longfellow.
PALINDROME
Pal"in*drome, n. Etym: [Gr. palindrome.]