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Unpalatable. [R.]

To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake. Addison.

The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. Byron.

The pallah deer of South Africa.

To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] Feltham.

To grasp with or hold in the hand. [R.] J. Barlow.

The quality of being impalpable. Jortin.

Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. "Impalpable powder." Boyle.

In an impalpable manner.

To palsy; to paralyze; to deaden. [R.]

Having the pallial line entire, or without a sinus, as certain bivalve shells.

Between the carpal bone; as, intercarpal articulations, ligaments.

Between the metacarpal bones.

To place pales between or among; to separate by pales.

A magnificent species of palm (Mauritia flexuosa), growing near the Orinoco. The natives eat its fruit and buds, drink its sap, and make thread and cord from its fiber.

An East Indian palm (Caryota urens) having leaves pinnate with wedge-shaped divisions, the petiole very stout. It is the principal source of jaggery, and is often cultivated for ornament.

A great Brazilian palm (Maximiliana regia), having immense spathes which are used for baskets and tubs.

A great Brazilian palm tree (Raphia tædigera), used by the natives for many purposes.

A resinous product of the kauri, found in the form of yellow or brown lumps in the ground where the trees have grown. It is used for making varnish, and as a substitute for amber.