Palestra

paAes'tra, n. (AntiqJ A wrestling place of wrestling. [L. palsestra, Gr. palaistra, a wrestling-school, palaiein, to wrestle, pale, wrestling Gr. pattern, to swing, spairein, to quiver, E. spar.] — Pales'tri an, -trl-an, -trie, -trical, a. Pert, to wrestling. Palette, par et, n. {Paint.) A thin, oval tablet, with a thumb-hole at one end for holding on which a painter mixes nis pigments; a broad, thin knife, for mixing pigments, medicines, etc. [F.; paletta, orig. a surgeon's flat blade for spreading plasters, etc., then a battledore, dim. of and L, pal a, a spade; peel] — PaP Palette. let, n. (Paint.) A"palette. A wooden instrument used by potters, crucible-makers, gilders, etc. A lever connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receives the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance-wheel am, fame, far, pa or opera, fare end, PALM see Escapement. (Mus.) A valve between the wind-chest of an organ and the mouth of a pipe.