Chapter Palmerworm to Pamperer of P by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

Paltry
(Pal"try) a. [Compar. Paltrier ; superl. Paltriest.] [Cf. Prov. E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. paltering ragged, palte, palter, a rag, a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.] Mean; vile; worthless; despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse; paltry gold. Cowper.

The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.

Byron.

Syn. — See Contemptible.

Paludal
(Pa*lu"dal) a. [L. palus, - udis, a marsh.] Of or pertaining to marshes or fens; marshy. [R.]

Paludal fever, malarial fever; — so called because generated in marshy districts.

Paludament
(Pa*lu"da*ment) n. See Paludamentum.

Paludamentum
(||Pa*lu`da*men*tum) n.; pl. Paladumenta (Rom. Antiq.) A military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.

Paludicolæ
(||Pal`u*dic"o*læ) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. palus, -udis, a marsh + colere to inhabit.] (Zoöl.) A division of birds, including the cranes, rails, etc.

Paludicole
(Pa*lu"di*cole) a. [Cf. F. paludicole.] (Zoöl.) Marsh-inhabiting; belonging to the Paludicolæ

Paludina
(||Pal`u*di"na) n.; pl. L. Paludinæ E. Paludinas [NL., fr. L. palus, -udis, a marsh, pool.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina, Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail, under Pond.

Paludinal
(Pal`u*di"nal) a. Inhabiting ponds or swamps.

Paludine
(Pal"u*dine) a. [L. palus, -udis, a marsh.] Of or pertaining to a marsh. Buckland.

Paludinous
(Pa*lu"di*nous) a.

1. (Zoöl.) (a) Paludinal. (b) Like or pertaining to the genus Paludina.

2. Of or pertaining to a marsh or fen. [R.]

Paludism
(Pa*lu"dism) n. (Med.) The morbid phenomena produced by dwelling among marshes; malarial disease or disposition.

Paludose
(Pal"u*dose`) a.[L. paludosus marshy.] Growing or living in marshy places; marshy.

Palule
(Pal"ule) n. (Zoöl.) See Palulus or Palus.

Palulus
(||Pal"u*lus) n.; pl. Paluli [NL., dim. of L. palus a stake.] (Zoöl.) Same as Palus.

Palus
(||Pa"lus) n.; pl. Pali [L., a stake.] (Zoöl.) One of several upright slender calcareous processes which surround the central part of the calicle of certain corals.

Palustral
(Pa*lus"tral) a. [L. paluster, -ustris.] Of or pertaining to a bog or marsh; boggy. [R.]

Palustrine
(Pa*lus"trine) a. Of, pertaining to, or living in, a marsh or swamp; marshy.

Paly
(Pal"y) a. [From Pale, a.] Pale; wanting color; dim. [Poetic] Shak. Whittier.

Paly
(Pal"y), a. [Cf. F. palé. See Pale a stake.] (Her.) Divided into four or more equal parts by perpendicular lines, and of two different tinctures disposed alternately.