Pal"ter, v. t. To trifle with; to waste; to squander in paltry ways or
on worthless things. [Obs.] "Palter out your time in the penal
statutes." Beau. & Fl.
Pal"ter*er (?), n. One who palters. Johnson.
Pal"ter*ly, a. & adv. Paltry; shabby; shabbily; paltrily. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] "In palterly clothes." Pepys.
Pal"tock (?), n. [See Paletot.] A kind of doublet; a jacket. [Obs.]
Piers Plowman.
Pal"tri*ly (?), adv. In a paltry manner.
Pal"tri*ness, n. The state or quality of being paltry.
Pal"try (?), a. [Compar. Paltrier (&?;); superl. Paltriest.] [Cf. Prov.
E. paltry refuse, rubbish, LG. paltering ragged, palte, palter, a rag,
a tatter, Dan. pialt, Sw. palta, pl. paltor.] Mean; vile; worthless;
despicable; contemptible; pitiful; trifling; as, a paltry excuse;
paltry gold. Cowper.
The paltry prize is hardly worth the cost.
Byron.
Syn. -- See Contemptible.
Pa*lu"dal (?), a. [L. palus, - udis, a marsh.] Of or pertaining to
marshes or fens; marshy. [R.]
Paludal fever, malarial fever; -- so called because generated in marshy
districts.
Pa*lu"da*ment (?), n. See Paludamentum.
||Pa*lu`da*men*tum (?), n.; pl. Paladumenta (&?;). (Rom. Antiq.) A
||military cloak worn by a general and his principal officers.
||Pal`u*dic"o*lÊ (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. palus, -udis, a marsh +
||colere to inhabit.] (Zoˆl.) A division of birds, including the
||cranes, rails, etc.
Pa*lu"di*cole (?), a. [Cf. F. paludicole.] (Zoˆl.) Marsh-inhabiting;
belonging to the PaludicolÊ
||Pal`u*di"na (?), n.; pl. L. PaludinÊ (#), E. Paludinas (#). [NL., fr.
||L. palus, -udis, a marsh, pool.] (Zoˆl.) Any one of numerous species
||of freshwater pectinibranchiate mollusks, belonging to Paludina,
||Melantho, and allied genera. They have an operculated shell which is
||usually green, often with brown bands. See Illust. of Pond snail,
||under Pond.
Pal`u*di"nal (?), a. Inhabiting ponds or swamps.
Pal"u*dine (?), a. [L. palus, -udis, a marsh.] Of or pertaining to a
marsh. Buckland.
Pa*lu"di*nous (?), a. 1. (Zoˆl.) (a) Paludinal. (b) Like or pertaining
to the genus Paludina.