Chapter Painterly to Pale of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Pajock
(Pa"jock) n. A peacock. [Obs.] Shak.

Pakfong
(Pak"fong`) n. See Packfong.

Pal
(Pal) n. [Etymol. uncertain.] A mate; a partner; esp., an accomplice or confederate. [Slang]

Palace
(Pal"ace) n. [OE. palais, F. palais, fr. L. palatium, fr. Palatium, one of the seven hills of Rome, which Augustus had his residence. Cf. Paladin.]

1. The residence of a sovereign, including the lodgings of high officers of state, and rooms for business, as well as halls for ceremony and reception. Chaucer.

2. The official residence of a bishop or other distinguished personage.

3. Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house.

Palace car. See under Car. — Palace court, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] Mozley & W.

Palacious
(Pa*la"cious) a. Palatial. [Obs.] Graunt.

Paladin
(Pal"a*din) n. [F., fr.It. paladino, fr. L. palatinus an officer of the palace. See Palatine.] A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir W. Scott.

Palæo-
(Pa"læ*o-) See Paleo-.

Palæographer
(Pa`læ*og"ra*pher) n., Palæographic
(Pa`læ*o*graph"ic) a., etc. See Paleographer, Paleographic, etc.

Palæotype
(Pa"læ*o*type) n. [Palæo- + -type.] (Phon.) A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use. Ellis. — Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al a. — Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.

Palæstra
(||Pa*læs"tra) n. See Palestra.

Palæstric
(Pa*læs"tric) a. See Palestric.

Palætiologist
(Pa*læ`ti*ol"o*gist) n. One versed in palætiology.

Palætiology
(Pa*læ`ti*ol"o*gy) n. [Palæo- + ætiology.] The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth. — Pa*læ`ti*o*log"ic*al a.

Palama
(||Pal"a*ma) n.; pl. Palamme [NL., fr. Gr. the palm.] (Zoöl.) A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.

Palamedeæ
(||Pal`a*me"de*æ) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) An order, or suborder, including the kamichi, and allied South American birds; — called also screamers. In many anatomical characters they are allied to the Anseres, but they externally resemble the wading birds.

Palampore
(Pal`am*pore") n. See Palempore.

Palanka
(||Pa*lan"ka) n. [Cf. It., Pg., & Sp. palanca, fr.L. palanga, phalanga a pole, Gr. ] (Mil.) A camp permanently intrenched, attached to Turkish frontier fortresses.

Palanquin
(Pal`an*quin") n. [F. palanquin, Pg. palanquim, Javan. palangki, OJavan. palangkan, through Prakrit fr. Skr. paryaka, palyaka, bed, couch; pari around (akin to E. pref. peri-) + aka a hook, flank, probably akin to E. angle fishing tackle. Cf. Palkee.] An inclosed carriage or litter, commonly about eight feet long, four feet wide, and four feet high, borne on the shoulders of men by means of two