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A small and mean bed; a bed of straw. Milton.

by which it is kept in vibration; -- so called because it allows a tooth to escape from a pallet at each vibration.

ifferent forms and names for different uses; as, table knife, drawing knife, putty knife, pallet knife, pocketknife, penknife, chopping knife, etc.

The action of a tooth, as a tooth of a wheel, in impelling another tooth or a pallet. Saunier. Lead angle (Steam Engine), the angle which the crank maker with the line of centers, in approaching it, at the instant when the valve opens to admit steam. -- Lead screw (Mach.), the main longitudinal screw of a lathe, which…

A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

at one end for holding it, on which a painter lays and mixes his pigments. [Written also pallet.]

the wheel in an escapement (as of a clock or a watch) into the teeth of which the pallets play.

ufacture in which the brick is carried to the drying ground in a wet mold instead of on a pallet.

In the organ, a small wooden rod which connects (in part) a key and a pallet, so as to communicate motion by pushing.

In the organ, a light strip of wood connecting (in path) a key and a pallet, to communicate motion by pulling.

The spindle of a watch balance, especially one with pallets, as in the old vertical escapement. See under Escapement.

Divided by pallets, or pales; paly. W. Berry.