Palate

pal 'at, n. {Anat.) The roof of the mouth: its fixed portion is called the hard palate, and the membranous, continuous muscular curtain with ' its gin, posterior the soft palate. mar- The seat Ialanquin. or power of taste; relish; taste; mental relish; intellectual taste. — or PaPa table, -a-ta-bl, a. Agreeable to the palate or of taste; savory. — PaPatal, a. Pert, to, or uttered by the aid of, the palate. — n. A letter pronounced by the aid of the palate.— PaPatine, -tin, Palat'ic, a. Pert, to the palate. Palatial, Palatine. See under Palace. or Palaver, pa-la/ ver, n. Idle talk; flattery; a conference or deliberation. —?;, t. or v. i. [palavered the (-verd), p. pr. & vb. n. palavering.] To hold a of palaver; to use idle, deceitful talk; to flatter.