• PAJAMA
n. the vagina …1998 US sl.
• PAJAMA WAGON
n. in trucking: a truck can with a factory-manufactured sleeping compartment …1971 US sl.
• PAJAWONK
n. a penis …1940s US sl.
• PAJONK
n. a penis …1940s US sl.
• PAK
n. 1. a Pakistani; an immigrant from Pakistan; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent …1950s sl., derogatory or offensive
n. 2. Pakistan …1950s sl.
• PAKALOLO
n. a variety of marijuana from Hawaii …1981 US sl.
• PAKAPOO TICKET
n. something indecipherable or overly complicated …1951 Aust. sl.
• PAKARU
adj. broken, smashed, crushed …World War I NZ services’ sl.
• PAKE
adj. Chinese …1938 Hawaii, sometimes derogatory
n. 1. a low character; a deceptive fellow …1899 Sc.
n. 2. a quiet, easygoing fellow …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
n. 3. a term of reproach for a woman, or for a female domesticated animal or bird; always used with an adj., as in ‘auld pake’ …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 4. a Chinese person …1938 Hawaii, sometimes derogatory
vb. 1. to beat, to strike; to punish …1807 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to stroll about; to move slowly; to tread …1847 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to poke about; to potter about; to peep at …1893 Eng. dial.
• PAKEHA
n. the Maori word for a White man …1832
• PAKENOSE
n. an inquisitive person …1893 Eng. dial.
• PAKES
n. a deserved punishment …1787 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PAKI
adj. 1. used with reference to any British Asian or Asian immigrant from East Africa …1970s sl., derogatory
adj. 2. Pakistani …1984 UK sl.
n. 1. orig. a term for a shop run by Asians …Sc. sl.
n. 2. a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent; Pakistan …1964 UK sl., derogatory or patronizing; often racist
• PAKI-BASHER
n. a violent racist who, usually as part of a group, attacks members of the Asian community …1970 UK sl.
• PAKI-BASHING
n. an organized or opportunistic assaulting of Asian immigrants by gangs of White youths …1970 UK sl.
• PAKI BLACK
n. a potent, black-brown marijuana cultivated in Pakistan …1998 UK sl.
• PAKI POX
n. smallpox …c1960 sl., derogatory
• THE PAKI(‘S)
n. a corner shop; a small supermarket; in later use, regardless of the race of the owner …1970s sl.
• THE PAKIS
n. the Pakistani Test Cricket team …20C Aust. sl.
• PAKISTANER
n. a big-breasted girl …2003 S. Afr. teen sl.
• PAKISTANI BLACK
n. a potent, black-brown marijuana cultivated in Pakistan …1998 UK sl.
• PAKIT-LIKE
adj. having the appearance of a prostitute; having a shabby, exhausted appearance …Bk1905 Sc.
• PAKKA
adj. certain, reliable; genuine; excellent …c1770 Anglo-Indian
• PAKKI
n. a Pakistani; any Asian or Afro-Asian immigrant; loosely, any native of the Indian subcontinent; Pakistan …1964 UK sl., derogatory or patronizing
• PAKKI-BASHER
n. a violent racist who, usually as part of a group, attacks members of the Asian community …1970 UK sl.
• PAKKI-BASHING
n. an organized or opportunistic assaulting of Asian immigrants by gangs of White youths …1970 UK sl.
• PAKLISH
adj. of Anglo-Pakistani birth …2003 Aust. sl.
• PAL
n. 1. a comrade, mate, chum; an accomplice in crime or dishonesty …1681-2 colloq.
n. 2. a studio musician …1982 US sl.
vb. 1. to take a sweetheart or a lover …1870 UK sl.
vb. 2. to become or be a pal of another; to keep company, to associate with …1879 colloq.
• PALABRA
n. a word; speech, talk, palaver …1594
• PALACE
n. 1. the palate or roof of the mouth …1483 obs.
n. 2. a police station …L19 policemen’s sl.
n. 3. a caboose …1931 Can. railroadmen’s sl.
• PALACE CAR
n. a railway carriage fitted up in luxurious style …1884
• PALACE ENDS
n. remnants of the candles put, on big occasions, in the chandeliers at Buckingham Palace …L19 colloq.
• PALACE OF PLEASURE
n. the vagina …19C sl.
• PALACIOUS
adj. of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) …1628 obs.
• PALAEOLATRY
n. worship of, or excessive reverence for what is ancient …1887
• PALAEOLOGIAN
adj. an antiquarian; one who rests on the authority of antiquity …1894
• PALAEOLOGIST
n. one versed in the study of antiquities …1828
• PALAEOLOGY
n. the science or study of antiquities …1828
• PALAEOMACHIC
adj. pert. to ancient warfare …1877 nonce word
• PALAEOPHILIST
n. a lover of antiquities; an antiquarian … 1822 nonce word
• PALAEOSOPHY
n. ancient learning …1806
• PALAESTRA
n. a place devoted to the public teaching and practice of wrestling and other athletic exercises; a wrestling-school, gymnasium …1412-20
• PALAESTRAL
adj. pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic …c1374
• PALAESTRIAN
adj. pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic …1828
n. one who practiced wrestling in the palaestra …1599
• PALAESTRIC
adj. pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic …1774
• PALAESTRICAL
adj. pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic …1579 obs.
• PAL-AL
n. the game of hopscotch …1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PALALL
n. the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALAMITY
n. ridiculous or excessive speech; much ado about nothing …1928 Amer. dial.
• PALAM-PAM
vb. to feel the sting of a lashing …20C W. Indies sl.
• PALAMPO
n. a quilt; a bedspread …M19 Anglo-Indian
• PALANQUINS
n. long gaiters, leggings …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALANTINE
n. a jocular term applied, after their return to Scotland, to the young men or boys kidnapped in the early 19th century, and shipped to America as slaves …1838 Sc. obs.
• PALARIE
vb. to talk or speak …1893 UK sl.
• PAL AROUND
vb. to befriend; to associate with; to socialize with …1879 US sl.
• PALASIN
adj. belonging to the palace or court …c1400 obs. rare
• PALATCH
n. a hangman …1925 US sl.
• PALATE
adj. pleasant to the palate or taste; palatable …1617 obs. rare
vb. to make palatable, to season …1610 obs.
• PALATE-MAN
n. a man given to the pleasures of the palate; an epicure …a1661 obs.
• PALATIAN
adj. belonging to a palace …1845 rare
• PALATIATE
adj. of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) …1632 obs. rare
• PALATIC
adj. 1. 1885 UK sl. – drunk
adj. 2. Bk1905 Eng. dial. – paralytic
• PALATICAL
adj. 1656 obs. – pleasing to the palate or taste
• PALATICIAN
n. 1821 obs. – one skilled in matters of the palate
• PALATINE
n. 1838 Sc. obs. – a jocular term applied, after their return to Scotland, to the young men or boys kidnapped in the early 19th century, and shipped to America as slaves
• PALATIST
n. 1620 rare – a person who studies the palate; an epicure
• PALATIVE
adj. a1682 rare – pleasing to the palate or taste; palatable
• PALAULAYS
n. 1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial. – the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game
• PALAVA
n. 1970s W. Indies usage – an argument; a row
• PALAVER
n. 1. 1735 – a conference
n. 2. c1740 W. Afr. – an act or instance of contention or strife
n. 3. 1744 – a speech with intention to flatter or deceive
n. 4. 1748 – chat, talk, conversation; talkativeness, chatter
n. 5. 1748 – wearisome, idle or insincere talk
n. 6. 1781 Eng. dial. obs. – noise; abuse
n. 7. 1809 – flattery, flattering
n. 8. 1866 Sc. – a foolishly ostentatious person; a tedious fusspot
n. 9. 1892 – a fussy manner of behaving; an ostentatious or finical procedure; a great to-do about nothing; applied to action rather than exclusively to speech
n. 10. 1892 colloq. – nervous excitement
n. 11. 1892 – an annoying or troublesome complexity
n. 12. 1895 Sc. – a wearisome talker
n. 13. 1899 colloq. – the state of being upset or perturbed
n. 14. 1899 UK sl. – business; any activity or business that is complicated or annoying
n. 15. 1920 colloq. – a tedious or dull thing or activity
n. 16. 1953 – difficulty, trouble, bother
n. 17. 1980s Black British usage – an argument, a fight
vb. 1. 1733 UK sl. – to chat, to talk, to converse, to argue
vb. 2. 1767 – to persuade by talking
vb. 3. M18 – to ask someone for something; to beg from; to wheedle out of
vb. 4. 1778 – to talk excessively, to chatter
vb. 5. 1785 – to flatter
vb. 6. a1840 Sc. – to waste time, to trifle; often used of a child delaying his bedtime by insisting on an elaborate bedtime ritual
vb. 7. 1877 – to confer, to consult
vb. 8. 1895 Sc. & Eng. dial. – to gossip
vb. 9. Bk1905 Sc. – to behave in an ostentatious manner
vb. 10. 1970s Black British usage – to go around; to wander about
• PALAVERER
n. one who wheedles and flatters …M18
• PALAVERIN
adj. capering, ostentatious …1880 Sc.
n. an ostentatious fuss, an ‘act’ ..1880 Sc.
• PALAVERIST
n. one given to idle talk …a1873 nonce word
• PALAVERMENT
n. 1. verbiage …1816 nonce word
n. 2. business, concern, goings-on …20C
• PALCH
adj. broken down in health; very frail and delicate in constitution; palsied …1897 Eng. dial.
vb. 1. to walk softly and slowly, esp. through mud …1746 Eng. dial.
vb. 2. to patch, to mend; to patch clothes untidily …1790 Eng. dial.
vb. 3. to half-cure a sick person …1846 Eng. dial.
• PALCHED
adj. half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health …1891 Eng. dial.
• PALCHY
adj. half-cured, always ailing, very frail and delicate in constitution, broken down in health …1897 Eng. dial.
• PALE
n. 1. a vertical stripe on cloth, etc. …c1384 obs.
n. 2. a limit, boundary; a restriction; a defense, safeguard …c1400
n. 3. an area enclosed by a fence; an enclosed place; an enclosure …c1400
n. 4. paleness, pallor …a1547 rare or obs.
n. 5. brandy …M19 sl.
n. 6. a White person …1900s African-American sl.
vb. 1. to enclose with pales or a fence; to furnish with a fence …c1330 rare
vb. 2. to stripe, to mark or adorn with vertical stripes; usually in pa. pple. …1395 obs.
vb. 3. to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease …c1400 obs. rare
vb. 4. to test cheese by taking a sample …1733 Sc.
• PALE ABOUT THE GILLS
adj. feeling nauseous …1949 sl.
• PALE AS DISHWATER
adj. very pale …Bk1913-17 Amer. dial.
• PALED
adj. intoxicated by drink or drugs …1960s Can. teen sl.
• PALEDOUT
adj. intoxicated by drink or drugs …1960s Can. teen sl.
• PALED ROAD
n. a paved road …c1970 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• PALEETS
n. used as a male-to-male term of address …1976 Trinidad and Tobago
• PALEFACE
n. 1. a person who has a pale face; a name for a White man attributed to the North American Indians …1822
n. 2. whisky …M19 US sl.
n. 3. a northeast wind with no rain …1970 Amer. dial.
• PALEFACED
adj.) describing a White person …20C sl., derogatory
• PALEFACE NIGGER
n. a highly unpopular White person, whose skin does not save them from the opprobrium heaped on Blacks …1940s African-American sl.
• PALE-HEARTED
adj. wanting in spirit or courage; cowardly, fearful, timid …1605
• PALEMENT
n. a paved road; a sidewalk …1892 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• PALEN
vb. to make pale, to cause to turn pale …1790 rare
• PALENQUE
n. a place for bringing up poultry …1707 Jamaica
• PALE ROAD
n. a paved road …c1970 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• PALES
n. in dominoes; 0-0 …20C sl.
• PALESATE
vb. to manifest, to reveal …1613 obs. rare
• PALESTRA
n. a place devoted to the public teaching and practice of wrestling and other athletic exercises; a wrestling-school, gymnasium …1412-20
• PALESTRAL
adj. pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic …c1374
• PALESTRIAN
adj. pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic …1828
n. one who practiced wrestling in the palaestra …1599
• PALESTRIC
adj. pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic …1774
• PALESTRICAL
adj. pert. to wrestling or athletics; athletic …1579 obs.
• PALETTE
n. 1. the hand …L18 sl.
2. a spatula …1968 Amer. dial.
• PALE VIENNA
n. coffee made with milk …20C US tramps’ sl.
• PALEW
adj. light or pale yellow …1607 obs.
n. light or pale yellow …1547 obs.
• PALEY
adj. pale, whitish …1812 Sc.
• PALF
n. Palfium, a heroin substitute …1996 Ireland sl.
• PALFRENIER
n. a man having charge of horses; a groom …c1489 obs.
• PALFRER
n. a man having charge of horses; a groom …1300 obs.
• PALFREY
n. a saddle-horse for ordinary riding as distinguished from a war-horse; esp. a small saddle-horse for ladies …c1175
• PALFREYOUR
n. a man having charge of horses; a groom …1300 obs.
• PALI
n. a steep slope, a precipice …1833 Hawaii
• PALIE
adj. 1. pale or somewhat pale …c1560 chiefly poetic
adj. 2. defective, deformed, lame …1825 Sc.
adj. 3. stunted in growth, underdeveloped, delicate in constitution …1825 Sc.
adj. 4. thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless …1825 Sc.
adj. 5. sweet-tasting, delicious …1845 Sc. obs.
n. a lethargic, slow-moving, sluggish person; a feeble weakling …1825 Sc.
• PALIFICATION
n. the act of driving piles or stakes into the ground in order to render it more firm for building operations …1624 obs.
• PALILLOGY
n. the repetition of a word or phrase, esp. in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis …1657
• PALILOGETIC
adj. characterized by palilogy …1652 obs.
• PALILOGY
n. the repetition of a word or phrase, esp. in immediate succession, for the sake of emphasis …1657
• PALIMONY
n. compensation claimed by a deserted partner after a couple who are not married, but have lived together for a long time, split up; usually the province only of the rich and/or famous …1970s sl.
• PALIMPSEST
adj. of a manuscript: written over again; of which the original writing has been erased and superseded by a later …1852
n. 1. paper, parchment, or other writing material prepared for writing on and wiping out again, like a slate …1661 obs.
n. 2. a parchment or other writing material written upon twice, the original writing having been erased or rubbed out to make place for the second; a manuscript in which a later writing is written over an effaced earlier writing …1825
vb. to write anew on parchment, etc., after erasure of the original writing …1900
• PAL IN
vb. 1. of vagrants or beggars: to pool resources; to share food, cooking, etc. …1874 UK sl.
vb. 2. to aid and abet in a shady affair …1906 US sl.
• PALING
n. a paved road; a sidewalk …1892 Amer. dial., chiefly Black usage
• PALINGMAN
n. a man who deals in eels …1482 obs.
• PALINGS
n. the ribs …M19 boxing usage
• PALINODE
n. 1. a rambling discourse, esp. one calculated to deceive the listeners …1869 Eng. dial.
n. 2. agitation, embarrassment …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALINODY
n. singing over again, repetition …1599 obs.
• PALINTOSHED
adj. drunk …2002 UK sl.
• PALINURE
n. a pilot (of a ship) …1631 obs.
• PAL IN WITH
vb. 1. of a man: to cohabit with a woman …M19
vb. 2. to become friendly with …M19
vb. 3. to live with another man …M19
vb. 4. to work with, e. g. a pickpocketing gang …M19 UK criminals’ sl.
• PALIS
n. 1. a fence of pales, a palisade, paling …a1300 obs.
n. 2. a place enclosed by a palisade or fence; an enclosure …c1420 obs.
vb. to surround or enclose with a palisade; to fence in …c1330 obs.
• PALISADE
n. 1. a fence made of pales or stakes fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense; also, a fence made of iron railings …1600
n. 2. in gardening: a light fence or trellis-work on which trees or shrubs are trained; an espalier; hence, a row of trees or shrubs so trained, or a row of trees or shrubs forming a close hedge …1658 obs.
n. 3. a wire supporting the hair, a part of the head-dress fashionable in the early part of the 17th century …1690
vb. to furnish, surround, enclose, or fortify with a palisade; to fence in …1632 obs.
• PALISADO
n. 1. a fence made of pales or stakes fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defense; also, a fence made of iron railings …1589 obs.
n. 2. in gardening: a light fence or trellis-work on which trees or shrubs are trained; an espalier; hence, a row of trees or shrubs so trained, or a row of trees or shrubs forming a close hedge …1604 obs.
vb. to furnish, surround, enclose, or fortify with a palisade; to fence in …1607 obs.
• PALISER
n. 1. a maker of palings or fences …1442 obs.
n. 2. one who has charge of a park …1536-7 obs.
• PALISH
vb. to make pale …1483 obs. rare
• PAL JOEY
n. a kept man; a pimp …1940s sl., orig. US usage
• PALKY
adj. of potatoes: diseased …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALL
n. 1. a robe, cloak, mantle; in early times, esp. of rich stuff …c1000 obs.
n. 2. a rich cloth spread upon or over something; a coverlet, canopy, etc. …a1300 arch.
n. 3. a cloth, usually of black, purple, or white velvet, spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb …c1440
n. 4. a feeling of disgust arising from satiety or insipidity …1711 rare
n. 5. a friend; an accomplice …M18
n. 6. a puzzle, a problem, a poser; something which brings one to a standstill …1866 Sc.
vb. 1. to beat; to strike, to knock down …a1375 obs. rare
vb. 2. to become faint; to faint, to fail in strength, virtue, etc. …1390 obs.
vb. 3. to fight one’s way through …c1400 obs.
vb. 4. to become pale or dim …1412-20 obs.
vb. 5. to decay, to waste away, to rot …c1475 obs. rare
vb. 6. to make pale, to dim …1533 obs.
vb. 7. to render the breath inoffensive …1547 obs.
vb. 8. to render flat, stale, or insipid …1625 obs.
vb. 9. to make faint or feeble; to enfeeble, to weaken; to daunt, to appal …1690 obs.
vb. 10. to puzzle, to perplex, to nonplus, to thwart, to baffle …1832 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 11. to detect…1851 UK sl.
vb. 12. to exceed, to surpass, to go beyond …1866 Sc. & Eng. dial.
vb. 13. to stop, to cease …M19 sl.
vb. 14. to get a purchase by planting the feet against a post or other fixture …1889 Sc.
vb. 15. of a horse: to strike with the fore-feet …Bk1905 Sc.
vb. 16. to satiate, to surfeit …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
vb. 17. to move forward at a slow pace; to go wearily; to drag one’s feet …1908 Sc.
vb. 18. to surprise, to astonish …1910 Sc.
vb. 19. to exhaust physically, to wear out, to drain of energy …1965 Sc.
• PALLABER
vb. to talk, to converse …M18
• PALLACIOUS
adj. of the nature of a palace; splendid, magnificent (as a building) …1628 obs.
• PALLADIAN
adj. 1. pertaining to Pallas, the goddess of wisdom; hence, pertaining to wisdom, knowledge, or study …1562
adj. 2. of, belonging to, or according to the school of the Italian architect Andrea Palladio (1518–80), who imitated the ancient Roman architecture without regard to classical principles …1731
• PALLADIUM
n. anything on which the safety of a nation, institution, privilege, etc. is believed to depend; a safeguard, protecting institution; means of protection or defense …1600
• PALLALDIES
n. the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALLALL
n. 1. the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1799 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
n. 2. a to-do, a commotion, a fuss …1965 Sc.
vb. to stroll around in an aimless way, to drift about, to saunter, to prowl …1933 Sc.
• PALLALLS
n. the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALLALLY
n. the game of hopscotch …1799 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PALLALY
n. the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALLART
n. a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee …1484 obs.
• PALLATIC
adj. 1. drunk …L19 sl.
adj. 2. paralytic …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLAWA
n. a term of contempt for a dastardly fellow, a worthless, dishonourable or despicable man …1825 Sc.
• PALLBEARERS
n. an order of crackers …L19 US sl.
• PALLED
adj. 1. enfeebled, weakened, impaired …c1386 obs.
adj. 2. of fermented liquor, etc.: that has lost its briskness or freshness; flat, stale, vapid …c1430 arch.
adj. 3. deadened to pleasant tastes or impressions; satiated, cloyed, disgusted …1691
adj. 4. puzzled …1885 Sc.
adj. 5. not daring to say any more …M19
• PALLED-IN
adj. of a man: living with a woman …1900s sl.
• PALLER
n. a staggering blow; a rude shock; something which causes astonishment …1818 Eng. dial.
• PALLESCENCE
n. a blanching or paling …1822 rare
• PALLESCENT
adj. growing or becoming pale; rather pale; pallid, wan …1657 rare
• PALLET
adj. of a light colour between red and white; pale red, flesh-coloured …1565 obs. rare
n. 1. the head, pate …c1330 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 2. a piece of armour for the head; a headpiece, usually of leather …1374 obs. exc. Sc.
n. 3. a ball of any kind, a glove …1832 Sc.
n. 4. a quilt or blanket spread on the floor as a bed; a makeshift bed on the floor or ground …1840 Amer. dial.
n. 5. a skin, esp. an undressed sheep-skin; a ‘pelt’ …Bk1905 Sc.
n. 6. a tadpole …1962 Sc.
• PALLEW
adj. light or pale yellow …1607 obs.
• PALLEY-WALLEY
adj. thin, emaciated, having a pallid, sickly appearance, listless …1923 Sc.
• PALLIARD
adj. knavish, dissolute …1484 obs.
n. 1. a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee …1484 obs.
n. 2. a beggar woman who uses a child, either her own or one borrowed for the purpose, to excite the pity of passers-by; this pity was often increased by the child’s piteous cries, created by judicious pinches and prods …M19 UK & US criminals’ sl.
• PALLIARDISE
n. lewdness, fornication, lechery …1591 obs.
• PALLIARDIZE
vb. 1. to fornicate …1619 obs.
vb. 2. to be a procurer of …1644 obs.
• PALLIARDRY
n. roguery, knavery; lechery, fornication …1513 obs.
• PALLIARDY
n. roguery, knavery; lechery, fornication …c1560 obs.
• PALLIASSE
n. a prostitute …19C sl.
• PALLIATE
adj. 1. cloaked, covered, concealed; mitigated …a1548 obs.
adj. 2. wearing a cloak …1610 obs.
adj. 3. of a cure: superficial or temporary …a1625 obs.
vb. 1. to cover with or as with a cloak; to cloak, to clothe, to shelter …a1548 obs.
vb. 2. to hide, to conceal, to disguise …1598 obs.
vb. 3. to appease, to please or indulge one’s taste …1631 obs.
vb. 4. to moderate the hostility of …1678 obs. rare
• PALLIATED
adj. covered over, concealed; mitigated, extenuated …1612 obs.
• PALLIATION
n. the cloaking or concealing of an act, etc.; that which serves to conceal or hide; a cloak, a covering …1577 obs.
• PALLIATIVE
adj. serving to cloak or conceal, hiding, covering …1611 obs.
• PALLID
adj. striped; made of cloth of different colours …1837 Eng. dial. obs.
• PALLIE
n. the game of hopscotch …1887 Sc. & Eng. dial.
• PALLIFY
vb. 1. to alleviate the symptoms of a disease without curing it; to relieve superficially or temporarily; to mitigate the sufferings of; to ease, to alleviate …1544 obs.
vb. 2. to make pale …1576 obs. rare
• PALLINESS
n. comradeship; the condition of being pals …1937 UK sl.
• PALLING IN
n. a connection formed by a male and female thief to steal and sleep together, or between any two thieves …1859 US criminals’ sl.
• PALLION
n. 1. a small piece or pellet …1727
n. 2. a big, gangling, raw-boned man or woman; a rough, ungainly or worthless type of person; a wretch, a scold …1920 Sc.
n. 3. a big, unwieldy article of cloth or clothing; a clumsy, old-fashioned garment; a bundle of clothes; one who is wears a lot of clothes …1930 Sc.
• PALLIONS
n. rags, tatters, useless or worn-out articles of clothing …1825 Sc.
• PALLISH
adj. on friendly terms; chummy; affectionate …1892 colloq.
• PALL MALL
n. a woman …L19 rhyming sl. for ‘gal’
• PALL OFF
vb. to travel as friends …L19 sl.
• PAL-LOORAL
adj. drunk …1934 Sc.
• PALL THAT!
int. stop that! …M19 sl.
• PALLY
adj. having a friendly relationship, friendly …1895 sl.
n. 1. a direct term of address …L19 sl.
n. 2. a dancehall …1920s sl.
n. 3. a friend, a comrade …1979 US sl.
vb. to go about in a shuffling way …1881 Eng. dial.
• PALLYARD
adj. knavish, dissolute …1484 obs.
n. a professional beggar or vagabond (who sleeps on the straw in barns and outhouses); hence, a low or dissolute knave; a lewd fellow, a lecher, a debauchee …1484 obs.
• PALLY-FOOT
n. a very large broad foot …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLY-HITCH
n. the game of hopscotch …Bk1905 Eng. dial.
• PALLY-PAW
n. a very large broad foot …1873 Eng. dial.
• PALLY-ULLY
n. the game of hopscotch; sometimes, the stone used in the game …1808 Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
• PALLY UP
vb. to make friendly overtures; to make friends …2002 UK sl.
• PALLYWAT
n. a feeble, complaining person …1899 Sc.
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