palisado

[PALISADE.] păl-i-săn-der, subst . [Fr. palisandre.] A continental name for rosewood; sometimes applied also to violet wood, and a striped variety of ebony. pāl-Ish, a. [Eng. pal ( e ), a.; -ish .] Somewhat or rather pale. "Spirit of niter makes with copper a palish blue." Arbuthnot: On Air. Păl-Is-sỹ, s . [See the compound.] Pali y-ware, s . A peculiar pottery first manufactured in France by Bernard Pali y of Saintes, about 1555. His works are remarkable for the high relief of his figures and ornament, which consist frequently of models from nature of fish, reptiles, shells, leaves, ., all most carefully and naturally colored. The art may be have him, both the execution and design of all the copies made in bis peculiar style being very inferior in color and vigor.