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pal·let
I. \ˈpalə̇t, usu -ə̇d.+V\ noun
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Etymology: Middle English palet headpiece, head, from Middle French, from pal stake, from Latin palus — more at pole
chiefly Scotland : head, pate
II. noun
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Etymology: Middle English pailet, from (assumed) Middle French paillet, from paille straw, from Latin palea chaff, straw; akin to Sanskrit palāla straw, palāva chaff, Old Slavic plēva, and probably to Latin pellis skin — more at fell
1. : a straw-filled tick or straw mattress
2.
a. or pallet bed : a small, poor, or hard bed often without bedstead or springs
< monks retiring to their pallets >
b. : a temporary or emergency bed usually consisting of bedding spread on the ground or floor
< do stay, we can fix up a pallet in no time >
III. noun
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Etymology: Middle French palette, literally, small shovel — more at palette
1.
a. : a wooden instrument consisting of a flat blade or plate with a handle or handhold: as
(1) : an implement used (as by potters) for forming, beating, or rounding clay work
(2) : a plasterer's hawk
(3) : palette 1a(1)
b.
(1) obsolete : a flat board, plate, or disk (as an oar blade)
(2) : a flat piece of wood laid in a wall to furnish a means of securing more firmly woodwork that is to be fastened to the wall
(3) : a board upon which a brick molded in a sanded mold is turned and conveyed from the mold
2.
a. : a click or pawl driving or regulating a ratchet wheel
b. : any of various levers or surfaces in a timepiece that receives an impulse from the escape wheel and imparts motion to a balance or pendulum
c. : any of the disks or pistons in a chain pump
d. : a hinged valve on a pipe organ to admit or release compressed air: as
(1) : a valve opened by a keyboard digital to admit the wind to a groove under the pipes
(2) : a waste valve to release surplus air from the storage bellows
3. : a flat brush used in manipulating gold leaves in gilding
4.
a. : a usually brass hand tool for impressing lines and patterns on the covers of books
b. : typeholder
5. : either of a pair of shelly plates borne on the siphon tubes of some bivalve mollusks
6. : a portable platform of wood, metal, or other material designed for handling by a forklift truck or crane and used for storage or movement of materials and packages in warehouses, factories, or transport vehicles
IV. noun
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Etymology: pale (V) + -et
: a narrow heraldic pale |