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In a municipal relation or condition.

A pompano.

In a papal manner; popishly

In a principal manner; primarily; above all; chiefly; mainly.

A mean wretch. [Obs.] Shak.

Having a pallial sinus. See under Sinus.

To give off spalls, or wedge-shaped chips; -- said of stone, as when badly set, with the weight thrown too much on the outer surface.

Not appalled; not frightened; dauntless; undaunted. Milton.

lves. Allelomorphs which under certain circumstances are themselves compound are called hypallelomorphs. See Mendel's law. -- Al*le`lo*mor"phic (#), a.

To extenuate; to palliate. [R.] He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson.

ed shield of the Romans, said to have-fallen from heaven in the reign of Numa. It was the palladium of Rome.

nt (Asarum Europæum), the leaves and roots of which are emetic and cathartic. It is principally used in cephalic snuffs.

un; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay. [Archaic] The captain of the Helots . . . strake Palladius upon the side of his head, that he reeled astonied. Sir P. Sidney. This sodeyn cas this man astonied so, That reed he wex, abayst, and al quaking. Chaucer.

A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe.

Causing awe; appalling; awful; as, an awesome sight. Wright.

Oppressing with fear or horror; appalling; terrible; as, an awful scene. "The hour of Nature's awful throes." Hemans.

A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

Specifically: One who assists in carrying a body to the grave; a pallbearer. Milton.

Fig.: To whiten; to give a favorable appearance to; to whitewash; to palliate. Blanch over the blackest and most absurd things. Tillotson.

A suffix or terminal formative, used principally in biological terms, and signifying growth, formation; as, bioblast, epiblast, mesoblast, etc.