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O. Fr. _padou-ir_, L. B. _padu-ire_, to pasture; whence _padouen_ and _paduentum_, pasture.
PAITLATTIS, _s. pl._ Uncertain.
_Dunbar._
PALAD, _s._
V. ~Pallat~.
PALAVER, _s._ Idle talk, S.
Hisp. _palabra_, Fr. _palabre_, a word.
_To_ ~Palaver~, _v. n._ To use a great many unnecessary words, S.
_To_ PALE, _v. a._ To make an incision in a cheese, S.
_Ramsay._
Flandr. _poel-en_, excavare.
~Pale~, _s._ The instrument used for trying the quality of a cheese, S.
PALYARD, _s._ A lecher, a rascal.
Fr. _paillard_, id.
_Lyndsay._
~Palyardry~, s. Wh.o.r.edom.
_Douglas._
PALL, PEAL, _s._ Any rich or fine cloth.
_Gawan and Gol._
Isl. _pell_, textum pretiosum; O. Fr. _paile_, seric.u.m.
PALLACH, PALLACK, _s._
1. A porpoise, S.
_Sibbald._
2. A l.u.s.ty person, S. B.
_Journ. Lond._
PALLALL, PALLALLS, _s._ A game of children, in which they hop on one foot through different triangular s.p.a.ces chalked out, driving a bit of slate or broken crokery before them, S.; in E. _Scotch-hop_.
PALLAT, PALAD, _s._ The crown of the head, S.
_Douglas._
O. Fr. _palet_, sorte d'armure de tete; Roquef.
PALLET, _s._ A ball.
Fr. _pelotte_, id.
_Burel._
PALLET, _s._ A sheep's skin not dressed, S. B.
E. _pelt_, Su. G. _palt_, a garment.
PALM-SONDAY, _s._ The sixth Sabbath in Lent, S.
_Wyntown._
A. S. _palm sunnan daeg_.
PALM, PALME, _s._ The index of a clock or watch, S.
_Z. Boyd._
Fr. _paulme_, or E. _palm_, used as _hand_, S. to denote the index of any time-piece.
PALTRIE, _s._ Trash.
V. ~Peltrie~.
PALWERK, _s._ Spangled work.
