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In a nonchalant, indifferent, or careless manner; coolly.

h they lose their earthy material, and become soft, flexible, and distorted. Also called malacia.

ht; to exceed in weight or effect. Let dull Ajax bear away my right When all his days outbalance this one night. Dryden.

To cause to lose balance or equilibrium.

Excessively malapert or impudent. [Obs.] Prynne.

A complex nitrogenous substance C3N3H5O3 obtained from alloxan (or when urea is fused with ethyl oxamate), as a stable white crystalline powder; -- called also oxaluramide.

A white crystalline nitrogenous substance (C6H4N4O5) obtained by the reduction of parabanic acid; -- called also leucoturic acid.

A salt of oxalic acid.

Loosely, any unusually magnificent or stately house. Palace car. See under Car. -- Palace court, a court having jurisdiction of personal actions arising within twelve miles of the palace at Whitehall. The court was abolished in 1849. [Eng.] Mozley & W.

Palatial. [Obs.] Graunt.

A knight-errant; a distinguished champion; as, the paladins of Charlemagne. Sir W. Scott.

See Paleo-.

See Paleographer, Paleographic, etc.

A system of representing all spoken sounds by means of the printing types in common use. Ellis. -- Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al, a. -- Pa`læ*o*typ"ic*al*ly, adv.

See Palestra.

See Palestric.

One versed in palætiology.

The science which explains, by the law of causation, the past condition and changes of the earth. -- Pa*læ`ti*o*log"ic*al, a.

A membrane extending between the toes of a bird, and uniting them more or less closely together.

Web-footed.