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† ˈpalinure Obs.
[f. the name of Palinūrus, the pilot of æneas (Virg. æn. iii. 202, v. 833, etc.).]
A pilot; in quots. fig.
1631R. H. Arraignm. Whole Creature i. 7 Wanting the Pilote and Palinure of reason and Religion, they runne themselves vpon the rocks. 1640Fuller Joseph's Coat, David's Sin xx. (1867) 209 The winding shelves do us detain, Till God, the Palinure, returns again. [1849E. B. Eastwick Dry Leaves 23 We were driven right across the stream..leaving our Palinurus and his comrade standing up to their middles in water.] |