Defn: To cover or coat with palladium. [R.]
PALLAH
Pal"lah, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A large South African antelope (Æpyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.
PALLAS
Pal"las, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Myth.)
Defn: Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also
Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.
PALLBEARER
Pall"bear*er, n.
Defn: One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; — so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
PALLET
Pal"let, n. Etym: [OE. paillet, F. paillet a heap of straw, fr.
paille straw, fr. L. palea chaff; cf. Gr. pala straw, palava chaff.
Cf. Paillasse.]
Defn: A small and mean bed; a bed of straw. Milton.
PALLET Pal"let, n. Etym: [F. palette: af. It. paletta; prop. and orig., a fire shovel, dim. of L. pala a shovel, spade. See Peel a shovel.]