Pal"a*tine, a. [From Palate.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the palate.
Palatine bones (Anat.), a pair of bones (often united in the adult) in
the root of the mouth, back of and between the maxillaries.
Pal"a*tine n. (Anat.) A palatine bone.
Pal"a*tive (?), a. Pleasing to the taste; palatable. [Obs.] "Palative
delights." Sir T. Browne.
Pal"a*tize (?), v. t. To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of
the palate; as, to palatize a letter or sound. -- Pal`a*ti*za"tion (#),
n. J. Peile.
Pal"a*to- (?). [From Palate.] A combining form used in anatomy to
indicate relation to, or connection with, the palate; as in
palatolingual.
||Pal`a*to*na"res (?), n. pl. [NL. See Palato-, and Nares.] (Anat.) The
||posterior nares. See Nares.
Pal`a*top*ter"y*goid (?), a. [Palato- + pterygoid.] (Anat.) Pertaining
to the palatine and pterygoid region of the skull; as, the
palatopterygoid cartilage, or rod, from which the palatine and
pterygoid bones are developed.
Pa*la"ver (?), n. [Sp. palabra, or Pg. palavra, fr. L. parabola a
comparison, a parable, LL., a word. See Parable.]
1. Talk; conversation; esp., idle or beguiling talk; talk intended to
deceive; flattery.
2. In Africa, a parley with the natives; a talk; hence, a public
conference and deliberation; a debate.
This epoch of parliaments and eloquent palavers.
Carlyle.
Pa*la"ver, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Palavered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.
Palavering.] To make palaver with, or to; to used palaver;to talk idly
or deceitfully; to employ flattery; to cajole; as, to palaver artfully.
Palavering the little language for her benefit.