PALL-MALL
Pall`-mall", n. Etym: [OF. palemail, It. pallamagio; palla a ball (of
German origin, akin to E. ball) + magio hammer, fr. L. malleus. See
lst Ball, and Mall a beetle.]
Defn: A game formerly common in England, in which a wooden ball was driven with a mallet through an elevated hoop or ring of iron. The name was also given to the mallet used, to the place where the game was played, and to the street, in London, still called Pall Mall. [Written also pail-mail and pell-mell.] Sir K. Digby. Evelyn.
PALLONE
Pal*lo"ne, n. Etym: [It., a large ball, fr. palla ball. See Balloon.]
Defn: An Italian game, played with a large leather ball.
PALLOR
Pal"lor, n. Etym: [L., fr. pallere to be or look pale. See Pale, a.]
Defn: Paleness; want of color; pallidity; as, pallor of the complexion. Jer. Taylor.
PALM Palm, n. Etym: [OE. paume, F. paume, L. palma, Gr. pani hand, and E. fumble. See Fumble, Feel, and cf. 2d Palm.]
1. (Anat.)
Defn: 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.