Palestra

pa-les'tra, n. a wrestling school. [L.— Gr palais tra~-pale, wrestling Palestrlc, pa-les'trik, Palestrlcal, pa-les'trik-al, adj'. pertaining to ivi estling. Paletot, pal'c-to, a loose overcoat. [Fr., corr. of (J. Dut. palt-s~rock [lit. a ‘palace-coat,’ a court dre , pals being = Ger. p/alz— L. pal a tuna and O Dut. roc = Ger. rock O. Ger. hroch, from which prob E. FTOCk.J Palette, pal'et, n a little oval board on which a painter mixes his colours. [Fr. — It, paletta dim of Pala, a spade pal a, a spade.] Palfrey, pal'fri, n a saddle-horse, tsp. for a lady. [Fr palefroi — Low L. par ave red us, prob. from Gr. para, beside, extra, and Low L. veredus a posthorse Palimpsest, pal'imp-sest, «. a manuscript which has boen written upon twice, the first writing having been rubbed off to make room for the second. [Gr pahmpslston rubbed a second tin i'*~ paltn again, and psestos rubbed.]