pal apteryx

[Pref. pal-, and Mod. Latin apteryx (q. v.).] Palæont.: A genus of birds, akin to the modern Apteryx; founded on remains from New Zealand. It was of large size. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, păl-at-a-ble, a. [Eng. pal at (e); -able .] 1. Lit .: Pleasing to the palate or taste; savory. crowding sip Pal at in a ted but by King Edward III."- Fuller : Worthies ; pa-lat-i-nate, s. [Fr. pal at in at , from palatin palatine (q.v.); Sp.pal at in ada ; Ital. pal at in a to .] The title or dignity of a palatine; the seignory or province of a palatine; a county palatine; spec if., an old division of Germany now incorporated, part in Bavaria and part in the German Empire. "Sir Arthur Chi chester is come back from the Palati- nate."--Howell: Letters , bk. i., § 2, let. 12. *palatinaty, subst . [Eng. pal at in at (e); -v.] A palatinate. (Cotgrave.) păl-a-tine (1), a . [Eng. pal at ( e ), and suff. -ine .] Anat .: Of or belonging to the palate. There are re IMG:content-0561.png:[blocks in formation] 1. A talking together, a discu ion, a conference, a parley. (Usually applied in books of travel to parleys with chiefs of the West Coast of Africa, where Portuguese is the chief language of inter- course with Europe ans.) 2. Talk, chatter; superfluous or idle talk. 3. Flattery, wheedling, coaxing. 1. To confer, to discu , to talk. 2. To talk idly, to chatter. pa-la-ver-er, s . [Eng. palaver ; -er.] One who palavers; a flatterer, a humbug. "The day sterre wexeth pale and leseth her light."- Chaucer: Boecius , ii. 3. White. IMG:content-0562.png:[blocks in formation] Shakesp.: Venus and Adonis , 589. pale-ale, s . A light-colored bitter ale. chin, bench ; go, gem; thin, this; Zool.: The Ourebi (q. v.). pale-catechu, s . [GAMBIR, TERRA JAPONICA.] pale-clouded yellow butterfly, s . Entom .: Colias hyale . *pale-dead, a. Lacking luster, as in death. "The gum down-roping from their pale - dead eyes." Shakesp.: Henry V. , iv. 2. pale-eyed. a. Having dim or pale eyes. "No nightly trance, or breathed spell, Inspires the pale - eyed priest." IMG:content-0563.png:[blocks in formation] pāle (1), *pall, v . t . & i . [PALE, a.] A. Trans.: To make pale; to deprive of color. IMG:content-0564.png:[blocks in formation] running vertically at equal dis- tances from the sides of the escutcheon. It seldom contains more than three charges. 2. Ship build .: One of the in- terior shores for steadying the timbers of a ship while building. IMG:content-0565.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0566.png:[blocks in formation]