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en~lg.d wi lh .n a,lvcl'r."y. Soroelimes they flood .1 a
diU.mee. iolnd auacked with miffive weapoos, :H lhe Carne
time ufing all lhe! requ,{ite motions for defcnJing them–
fdvcs,. and warding off what might be thrown againll:
tnem.
P ."LATE. in analomy. Se< ANArOMY, p. 162.303 .
PALATINATE, a provioee, or ligniury, porTdf,d by •
pAJatine.
PALATI ~JE. or COUNT PALATINE, 'a title ancien.tly ei.
vcn 10 'tU pereons who hdd any orlice or employm~nt in
•he prince's p.dace i bUl , .,(terwarcs conferred on thore
dclegalcd by princes lO hold courlS of juflice in Ihe pro·
vinéc:s '; añd on fuch aOlong lhe Jords as h',d a paJace"
th:\t is, a CD-Url of jufiicc, in their Own houfcs.
At, pretent rhe word palatine is refir.t.ioed (O a prince
of G erOlany, or • lord of Poland, poffdfed of a pal.lline.
PALATO. SALPlNG .<:U' . See ANATOMY, p. 303 .
PALATO . 5TAPHYLJNUS, iD aaalomy. Sec All .\TOMY,
p. 3°3·
PALE, a linio poinled Ihke 01' piece of wood, ufed in
making ¡oclofures, frparations, &c. The paJe \Vas 3D
inllrumem of puniChment aDd execudon among th e an~
cienl R.omans, aod Hill continues ro 3mong cbe TLlrks.
H ence emp.ling, .Ihe palling a up Ihe fund.·
menl Ihrough lhe body.
PALE, in heraldry, one or lhe honourable ordinaries ofaD
erculcheoD; bciog the reprerentatioD of a pale or flake
placed upright, and comprehendlng Ihe whole heighl of
the coal from Ihe 10p uf Ihe chief lO the poio!. WheD
Ihe pale is Gn¡¡le, it i, lO con..in one third of Ihe breadth
of ,he fh ield. See Plale CXXXIV. 6g. 7.
PALEItMO, Ihe capital of !he iOand oE Sicily, Glualed
00 Ihe nonh coafl of Iha~ iOand, 'on & bay of Ihe M edi.
terr' nean fea: in E . long. 13°, N . lat. 38° 30'.
PALESTINE, a of AG..ic Turky, filu'.led belween
thiny-fix. aod lhiny¡eight degrcc:s of ean 10ngilUde, and
between thiny·one and thirty-four degreos of 001 lh Jati–
tude: il i, bounded by Mount L ibanus. \Vhich divide. il
from Syria, on the Donh j by ~1ount Hermon, which re–
pArates il from Arabia Dererta, 00 theeaO:; by the m OUA–
taios of Seir and the D c:faf1s of Arabia Petrzit, on lhe
fou,h; aDd by the Mediterran~an fe., on the welL
!t was c.lled Pdlefline, from the Philiflines \Vilo inha·
bil<d Ihe fea ·caan.. lt was .Ifo called J ude•• (rom Ju.
dAh; and the Holy Laad, from our Saviour', refidence and
fufferings in il; and il is c. lled C.naan, and the Pro'
mlft'd Land, in the (
lt is 150 miles in lengtb, and So ir( breadtñ: and iD
lhe tiOle of Saloman it reems lO ,ave exu:nded froOl lhe
l\lc:diterranean fea to ,he r¡\ter Euphr:ues
I PALE TRINA, a cily of ltaly, in the pope', t<rritory
anel Campania of Itome, Gtuated Ihin y miles eafl of Rome.
PALlMBAM, a town on Ibe of Sumatra. In ,h.
Eafl·1ndies, filualed in E . long . 103°' S . lat 3°.
PALINDROMUS, a vcrfe or feDlence which rUDS Ihe
rame wht!n read either backwud, or forwards; fuch is
the verre,
R"fIIQ lihi fu6i/o f1Ioli6UJ ibit amor .
PA LI G, a fon of fencing for ., pJanlCd in field. ,
",herein lhree fmall pofls are erec1cd at a fool and a half
dlflance one from another, and neu the top caileu to each
Otllel ,, ¡th cro{s·b,u!.
VOL. m. N". 87.
PALI NGE ESIA, among di"lnes, f,gnifies Ihe fame Wilh
I"cgcneratlon.
Among chemirls, it denotes the producing a body {roll!
i19 principies.
PALINODY, a difcourfe conlrary to a preceni ng one:
hence the phrlfe /,Jlillodiam can(r~ was {aun fot a re;–
,cantadon.
PALISADE, ln fortification, .n inclofure offl.kes or pile,
driven ¡!l to the ground, each fix or Ce\'en ¡nches fquare.
and t ight {('et long, three whereor are hicl under gyound•
P A LlSSF.', iD her>ldry, 'a bearing like a range of pal,fade~
befo re a fonification, repreCented 00 a feJf::, ririog up a
confiderable heighl, and poinlrd a.top, wil h the ficld ap'
pearing belween them. S.. Plate CXXXIV. fig. 8.
PALIURUS, in bOlany. -Seo RHAMNU S.
PALL, in heraldry, denote, a kind of crofs r..prefen ling
lhe pallium, or arehiepiCcopal ornameAt (enl {(om Rom;
10 Ihe Metropolilans. See Plale CXXXIV. fig. 9 .
PALLA, in Roman antiquity, a mande which women wore
ov.. the go\Vn called floJa. lt was borne on lhe Jd,
fhoulder; wheDce palling lO Ibe other fiJe'. ander Ihe
right arm, the two ends were bound under the lert arm.
Jeaving lhe brean and arm quite bare.
PALLADIUM, ill' anliquily, a nAlue oi the goddef,.pal·.
la,. fuppofed 10 have dropped dowo from lleaven. pre·
{ened in TroYt whereon {he fate of {hat city ¡, raid tQ
have depended.
PALLET, among painters, a Jiule ov.1 uble, or piece oF
wood, or ivory, very thin and Cmooth; OA and rouad
which the painten place the feveral colours they hav~
occafion for, to be for Ih. pencil. The middle
(erves lOmix the colours 0.0, and to make lhe tlOtS re–
quired in Ihe work . It has 00 handle, but inllead Ihere·
of, a hole al one end la pUl Ihe Ihumb lhrough lO hold it.
PALLET, in benldry, is nothing but a COIdll Pille, con(jfl....
/ng of one haJf of il in breadth, aod lherefore lhere are
Comclimes feveral #of lbe", upon one Ihield.
PALLET, in Chip-building, ¡, a room wichin lhe hold. clore ...
Iy panen from il, iD which by laying fome pig. of lead,
&c. a fh ip may be fuffi ciently ball.lled, Wilhool lofiog
room in Ihe hold; which, Iherefore, ",ill ferve (01' Ihe
Oowing lhe more good"
PALLIATION, or a PALL IATrvt CURE) in mcdicir.e, rs
whc:n, in derperace and incu rable difeares, aftu prcdiéting
tbe fatal event, the phyficiao pre(cribcs (ome remedies fop
mitigating lhe pain or Come other urgent Cym,)[\lms, as
io ul cerated cancen:, or caocerous 6fiulas , aod th~ Ilke.
PALLIUM, or PALL, an archiepifcup,1 veflmenl. of
white woolleo cloth, abou t the brc.tdth oí a bordc:r, ruad:
rounJ. anlÍ lhiown Qver (he Ihouldt!rs .
PAL fol .S UNOAV, in the Chrifiian church, the Sund¡y neX"t
before E.f1rr; being fa ' calléd in memory of our S.,·i·
our', triu01pllal entry into JeruCalem. \Vh.:n the mullifud::
that an ended him O:rewed paI01-branch~ in his w.y.
PALM4T REE, in bOlany. See P HO&NI X .
P A LM A- ISLE, one of the Caoary.iOaDds, Gxty miles north–
l'Iefl of T enerif!'.
P ALMAIt IS . in analomy. See AN>TO",Y . p. 199.
PALMATED, romething refembling th< Ih.peof the hand :
thu, we Col)' palmated lcaves, roou, fton~s, Ce.
PAL VlIPEDES, among the f.m< wilh ""l..
fuoled bird,.
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