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- English Word Pall Definition Nausea.
- English Word Pall-mall Definition 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.
- English Word Palla Definition An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches.
- English Word Palladian Definition Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century.
- English Word Palladic Definition Of, pertaining to, or derived from, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which the element has a higher valence as contrasted with palladious compounds.
- English Word Palladious Definition Of, pertaining to, or containing, palladium; -- used specifically to designate those compounds in which palladium has a lower valence as compared with palladic compounds.
- English Word Palladium Definition Any statue of the goddess Pallas; esp., the famous statue on the preservation of which depended the safety of ancient Troy.
- English Word Palladium Definition Hence: That which affords effectual protection or security; a sateguard; as, the trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights.
- English Word Palladium Definition A rare metallic element of the light platinum group, found native, and also alloyed with platinum and gold. It is a silver-white metal resembling platinum, and like it permanent and untarnished in the air, but is more easily fusible. It is unique in its power of occluding hydrogen, which it does to the extent of nearly a thousand volumes, forming the alloy Pd2H. It is used for graduated circles and verniers, for plating certain silver goods, and somewhat in dentistry. It was so named in 1804 by Wollaston from the asteroid Pallas, which was discovered in 1802. Symbol Pd. Atomic weight, 106.2.
- English Word Palladiumized Definition of Paladiumize
- English Word Palladiumizing Definition of Paladiumize
- English Word Pallah Definition A large South African antelope (Aepyceros melampus). The male has long lyrate and annulated horns. The general color is bay, with a black crescent on the croup. Called also roodebok.
- English Word Pallas Definition Pallas Athene, the Grecian goddess of wisdom, called also Athene, and identified, at a later period, with the Roman Minerva.
- English Word Pallbearer Definition One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
- English Word Palled Definition of Pall
- English Word Pallet Definition A small and mean bed; a bed of straw.
- English Word Pallet Definition Same as Palette.
- English Word Pallet Definition A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms.
- English Word Pallet Definition A potter's wheel.
- English Word Pallet Definition An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.