palette knife

A flat, thin, flexible knife or spatula with a rounded end, used by painters to mix colors on a palette or on a grinding slab; also used by druggists to mix salves. pāle-wişe, a. [Eng. pale (1), s.; -wise. ] Her .: The same as PALY (q. v.). "Hath behind it palewise an abbot's crosier." -Wood: Fasti Oxon ., i. 12.