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Show alleviation Favourabl reprefentation I faw clearly throug all the pigus difguifes an foft palliations of fome men King Charles Such bitter invettives againft other mens faults and indulgence or palliation of their own, fhew their zeal lies in their fpleen Gow. of the Tongue 2. Imperfe€t or temporary, no cure; mitigation, not cure radica If the juft cure of a difeafe be full of peril, le the phyfician refort to palliation. Bacon' Nat. Hiff Pa'vviative. adj. [ palliatif, French from palliate 1. Extenuating; favourably reprefentative 2. Mitigating, not removing; temporarily or partially, not radically curative Conf{umption pulmondry feldom admits of othe than a palliative cure, and is generally incurabl when hereditary Arbuthnot Pa'vrrative. . /. [from palliate.] Somethin mitigating; fomethin alleviat ing 1t were more fafe to truft to the genera fion of our people againft this coin, tha thofe palliatives which weak averappl perfidious, or abjet politicians adminifter Savift Pa'vvrip. adj. [pallidus, Latin.] Pale rot high-coloured ; not bright: palli is feldom ufed of the face Of every fort, which in that meadow grew They gather'd fome; the violet pallid blue. Spenf When from the pa/lid fky the fun defcends Thomfon Whilft, on the margin of the beaten road Its pallid bloom fick-fmelling hen-bane thow'd PALM Harte n./. [ palma, Latin ; palmier, Fr. 1. A tree of great variety of fpecies of which the branches were worn i token of vitory : it therefore implie fuperiority Ther are twenty-on fpecie of thi tree o which the moft remarkable are, the greater palm o date-tree The dwarf palm grows in Spain, Portugal, and Italy, from whence the leaves are fen hither and made into flag-brooms The oily pai is.a native of Guinea and Cape Verd ifland, bu has been tranfplanted to- Jamaica and Barbadoes. I grows as high as the main matt ofa thip Miller Get the ftart of the majeftick world And bear the pa/m alone Shakefp. Fulius Cefar Nothing better proveth the excellency of thi foil, than the abundant growing of the palm-trec without labour of man This tree alone givet unto man whatfoever his life beggeth at nature' hand Raleigh Above others wh carry away the pa/m for ex cellence, is Maurice Landgrave of Hefs. Peacham Fruits of pa/m-tree, pleafanteft to thirf And hunger both Milton Thou youngeft virgin, daughter of the fkies Whofe palms new' pluck'd from Paradife With fpreading branches more fublimely rife 2. Vi€ory; triumph DU‘L/L‘H [palme, French. Namur fubdu'd is England's pa/m alone The reft befieg'd, but we conftrain'd the town Dryden 3. The hand fpread out; the inner par of the hand. [palma, Latin. or meafur of length, com prifing three inches The length of a foot i ture; a fpan onc eightho breadth one twenty-fourth inch one- feventy-fecond one ninety-fixth Henry VIII. of England Here while his canting dro ne-pi‘pé fcan‘d ! The myftick figures of her hand He tipples pa/miftry, and dine [ palme, French. a fixth part of the ftait; a palm or hand' a thumb's breadth o a forefinger's breadt Holder on Tinie FrancisI. of France - On all her fortune-telling lines With the fond maids in palmiftry he d[egml'saelqndh They tell the fecret firf which he reveals, Priy 2. Addifon ufes it humo oufly for the attio of the h nd Going to relieve a common begpar his3 pocket was picked; that beinggf k{ and Charles V. emperor, were fo provident, a {carce a palm of ground could be gotten by either but that the other tw woul fet the balance o Europe upright again miftr Bacon The fame hand into a fit may clofe Which inftantly a pa/m expanded thows Denkbam 70 ParLm. «w. a. [from the noun. 1. To conceal in the ‘palm of the hand 2. To impofe by fraud If not by fcriptures how can we be fure the pait wer, what tradition's pure may zaim upon us new for old. ~ Dryden White has made the country ring wit imaginary exploits pal/med upon her Addiforn's Speciator 3. To handle Frank carves very ill, yet will pa/m all the meat Prior for a palmer's walking ftaff Shaks[peare Behold yon ifle, by palmers, pilgrims trod Men bearded, bald, cowl'd, uncowl'd, thod, unfhod Pope fceptre wor covere wit hair PaLtme'rro. z./ tree: it grows in the Weft-Indies t be a very large tree; with the leave the inhabitants thatch their houfes Thefe leaves, before they are expanded are cut and brought into England t make women's plaited hats; and th berries of thefe trees were formerl much afed for buttons Broad o'er my head the verdant cedars wave high palmettos lift their graceful fhade Thomfon PaLmi'rErOUS. adj. [palma and firo Latin. Bearing palms Dist PA'LMIPEDE. adj. [palma and pes, Lat. Webfooted; having the toes joined b a membrane like fiffipedes wherea it is palmipede or finfooted like fwans Brozon Water-fowl which are palmipede, are whol footed, have very long necks, and yet but fhor legs, as fwans R(-‘_y Dryden : We fhall not query what truth is in palmiftry, o divination from lines of our hands of high denom nation Brown's Vulgar Errours palm. Bearin Sbak{/}eare‘s Hamly toucan T firf foun out palpability of colours; and } by the delicacy of his touch, could diftinguith th different vibration lig13t of th heterogeneous rays o Marts Scriblerys, b PA'LPABLE. adj. [palpable, French; palpor, Latin. 1. Perceptible by the touch ‘ Art thou bu A dagger of the mind, a falfe creation I fee thee yet in form as palpable As this which now I draw. Shakefpeare's Mackth Darknefs muft overfhadow all his bounds Palpable darknefs ! and blot out three dayss Mil 2. Grofs coarfe; eafily deteCed That groffer kind of heathenith idolatry, whereb they worfhipped the very works of their own hands was an abfurdity to reafon fo palpable, that th prophet David comparing idols and idolaters together maketh almoft no odds between them. Huker fuppofe A fpecies of the palm Addifon's Spesiayy ParpaBr'Lity. a /. (frem palpahy (@a}lty of being perceivable to th They grant we err not in palpable manner, we are not openly and notorioufly impious. ' Hosker He muft not think to fhelter himfelf t(;n;km o by this impertinent diftincpalpable an abfurdity A flefh fly, and one of thofe hairy worms tha refemble caterpillars and are called palmerworms being conveyed into one of our fmall receivers the bee and the fly lay with their bellies upward and the worm feemed fuddenly ftruck dead. Boyle It is defcribe [fro She pafs'd the region which Fanchea join' And flying, left the pafmy plains behind, D,;,[m to be fo called becaule he wanders ove all plants An adj are very dcxtr:lfgp A little ere the mightieft Julius fell Pa'LMERWORM. 7. /. [ palmer and aworm. In the moft high and palmy Rate of Rom 4. To ftroak with the hand Ainfavorsh Pa'LMER. 2. /. [from palm. A pilgrim : they who returned from the hol land carried branches of palm M this vermi The graves ftood tenantlefs Palming is held foul play amongft gamefters Dryden They palin'd the trick that loft the game. Prior Reply' For yo Mol fevera at whic Pa'tmy palms as jugglers Bacon Secking my fuccefs in love to know I try'd th' infallible prophetick way A poppy-leaf upon my palm to lay hand Pa'umister. 7. /. [from palma. On who deals in palmiftry Did Pa'cmistry. n. /. [pabna, Latin. 1. The cheat of foretelling fortune by th lines of the palm By this virgin pa/m now kiffing thine I will be thine Shake[peare Drinks of extreme thin parts fretting, put upo the back of your hand, will, with a little fiay pafs through to the palm, and yet tafte mild t the mouth 4. PA Extenuation Havin n it was no wondertha furer guide they fell into grofs and palpable miftakes Woodward's Natural Hiftry 3 P g P . Plain; eafily perceptible That they all have fo teftified, I fee not how w fhould poffibly wifh a proof mote palpable, tha and every where continue this manifeftly reccive Heoker: cuftom of reading them puolickly They would no longer be contcnt.wu!l the in- vifible monarchy of God and God dlfmlmidf-: Holyday to the palpable dominion of Saul Since there is fo much diffimilitude betwe caufe and effe& in the more pa/pable phaanor{lc{fl we can expe& no lefs between them and f}%fl‘,'l'l vifible efficients Glanyili PA'LPaBLENESS. # /. [from pa{fia"'f- Quality of being palpable; plamnnes groflnefs Pa'LrarLy [from palpaHe_- adv 1. In fuch a manner as to be perceiv the touch 2. Grofsly had pelpabl y plainly C'i<)L‘\lesy\\'asI) acquitte b a cortupt J‘;.ry' :h}; taken fhares of money; be (}re'[e' gave l‘.p‘ their verdi&, they prayed of(et the fen juftices Juf e en fc co guard, that they-y migmiglht do their c Parra'rion. #./. [pa/}mtiO,Pfl[P"'! Lat.' The a& of feeling Latin To PA'LPITATE. . a. [palpito palpiter, Fr. heart th a bea 'T to flutter; to go pit @ pas ParLpiTA'TION. 7. /- [pa@ztflf?""! anung o tm from palpitate.] .?e t |