Palisade cells (Bot.), vertically elongated parenchyma cells, such as
are seen beneath the epidermis of the upper surface of many leaves. --
Palisade worm (Zoˆl.), a nematoid worm (Strongylus armatus), parasitic
in the blood vessels of the horse, in which it produces aneurisms,
often fatal.
Pal`i*sade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Palisaded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Palisading.] [Cf. F. palissader.] To surround, inclose, or fortify,
with palisades.
Pal`i*sad"ing (?), n. (Fort.) A row of palisades set in the ground.
Pal`i*sa*"do (?), n.; pl. Palisadoes (&?;). A palisade. [Obs.] Shak.
Pal`i*sa"do, v. t. To palisade. [Obs.] Sterne.
Pal"ish (?), a. Somewhat pale or wan.
Pal`is*san"der (?), n. [F. palissandre.] (Bot.) (a) Violet wood. (b)
Rosewood.
Pal"is*sy (?), a. Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery
made by Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry.
Palissy ware, glazed pottery like that made by Bernard Palissy;
especially, that having figures of fishes, reptiles, etc., in high
relief.
||Pal"kee (?), n. [Hind. plk; of the same origin as E. palanquin.] A
||palanquin. Malcom.
Pall (?), n. Same as Pawl.
Pall, n. [OE. pal, AS. pÊl, from L. pallium cover, cloak, mantle, pall;
cf. L. palla robe, mantle.] 1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle.
His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold.
Spenser.
2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. [Obs.]
Wyclif (Esther viii. 15).