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See pal2. palla (pal'ä), n.; pl. pallæ (-e). [L., a mantle: see palll.] 1. In Rom. antiq., a full outer robe or wrap, akin to the Greek himation, worn out of doors by women.-2. Eccles., an altar-cloth; a piece of altar-linen ( palla (1 al tar is ); especially, a corporal ( palla corporal is, palla domini chalice; a chalice-pall. This is now the usual meaning of ca), ca), or a chalice-pall. pall as a piece of altar-linen. Formerly one corner of the palladia, pa n. Plural of palladium. corporal covered the chalice; the use of a separate pall, Palladian1 (pa-la'di-an), a. [ (c) An altar-cloth. (1) A linen altar-cloth; especially, a corporal. [Archaic.] (2) A linen cloth used to cover the His Matie attended by 3 Bishops went up to the altar, and he offer'd a pall and a pound of gold. Evelyn, Diary, April 23, 1661. The custom was among the Anglo-Saxons to have, during the holy Sacrifice, the altar-stone itself overspread with a purple pall , made almost always out of rich silk and elaborately embroidered. Rock , Church of our Fathers, i. 263. 4. Figuratively, gloom: in allusion to the funeral pall.-5. In her., the suggestion of an episcopal pall; a Y-shaped form, said to be composed of half a saltier and half a pale, and Azure, a pall argent, fimbriated or, charged with four cro es patte fitché sable. therefore in width one fifth of the height of the escutcheon: it is sometimes, though rarely, represented reversed, and is always charged with cro es patté fitché to expre its ecclesiastical origin. Also pairle. - Per pall, in her., divided in the direction of the line of the bearing called the pall-that is, in the direc tion of the lines of a capital Y-and therefore into three parts, of three different tinctures: said of the field. palll (pâl), v. t. [ IMG:content-2181.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-2182.png:[blocks in formation] O LVTTERS legend, depended Uly es carrying off the Palladium of the safety of Troy. From a Greek vase of Hieron. Troy. Hence (From "Monument i dell' Instituto.") 2. Anything believed or reputed to afford effectual defense, protection, and safety: as, trial by jury is the palladium of our civil rights. Part of the Cro e, in which he thought such Vertue to reside as would prove a kind of Palladium to save the Citie where ever it remain'd, he caus'd to be laid up in a Pillar of Porphyrie by his Statue. Milton, Reformation in Eng., i. It turns the palladium of liberty into an engine of party. D. Webster, Speeches, Oct. 12, 1832. 3. Chemical symbol, Pd; atomic weight, 106.5. One of the rare metals a ociated with platinum. It was separated from native platinum by Wollaston in 1803, and named after the planet Pallas, which had just before that time been discovered by Olbers. Palladium is dimorphous. It occurs in Brazil native, in minute octahedral crystals; and on the Harz it has been found in small hexagonal plates. It is, however, a decidedly rare substance, and the chief supply comes from the working over of the platiniferous residues of various mints. It resembles platinum in appearance, but is harder; its specific gravity is 11.4. It fuses more readily than platinum or any other of the so-called platinum metals, melting, as is stated by some authorities, about as easily as wrought-iron. It is both ductile and malleable, and would be a very useful metal if it were not so scarce as to be expensive and irregularly attainable. The graduated surfaces of some astronomical instruments have been made of palladium, a use for which this metal is admirably adapted on account of its color and its unalterability in the air. Alloyed with silver, it has been employed by dentists as a substitute for gold. - Palladium-gold. See porpezite. palladiumize (pa-lāʼdi-um-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. palladium i zed, ppr. palladium i zing. [