pallidness

[English pallid; -ne .] The quality or state of being pallid; palene , pallor. păl-li-ō-brăn-chi-ā-ta, s. pl. [English, ., pall i ( um ); o connect., and branch i at a.] Zool.: De Blainville's name for what are now known as the Branchiopod a. *pal-li-oun, s. [O. Fr.] A tent. Păl-lis-er, s . [The name of the inventor, Major General Sir William Palliser, C. B. (1830-82.)] Palliser-projectiles, s . pl . Ordn.: Cylindro-conoidal mi iles, chilled at their points by being cast in molds of which the lower part is of iron, the upper part filled with the usual casting sand. Thus the point, being rapidly cooled, is intensely hard, but the rear part of the projectile is of ordinary cast iron. They are made with a small cylindrical hollow inside, closed with a screw plug. When used as shells, this hollow is filled with a small bursting charge of powder, enclosed in a serge bag. They do not require a fuse, but explode on striking a hard object owing to the heat generated by the collision. păl-li-ŭm, s. (Lat.=a cloak, a mantle.] Pallium. 1. Anc . Costume: A square woolen cloak, much resembling the chlamys, from which it can only be distinguished by its greater length and amplitude. It was capable of enveloping the entire person, which it could cover at night as a blanket. It was much worn by the Greeks, corresponding to the toga of the Romans. It was sometimes decorated with em. broidery, but generally had only a simple border. 2. Eccles .: A pall; an ornamental band of white wool three fingers broad, to be worn around the shoulders, with pendants a span in length before and behind, the ends ornamented with red cro es. It is sometimes said to correspond to the ribbon or garter of secular knighthood. If so, it cannot be med iæval knighthood, for Tertullian has a treatise De Pallio . In the time of Gregory VII. (1073-1085) archbishops went for it to Rome; afterward the popes sent it to them when they received their appointment. About 1370 Gregory XI. i ued a decretal which rendered it imperative on an archbishop to have received the pallium before he could call a council, consecrate a bishop, or discharge other functions of his office. 3. Zool.: The mantle of a bivalve mollusk.