These 15 listings are so strange that each appears in only one of the 7 encyclopedias we compared. They include such classics as Pali, Palici, Palindrome.
an Indian language, originally the popular dialect of Maghada, now Behar. Buddha preached in it, and the writings embodying his faith were composed in it, on which account it became the sacred language of Buddhism. It is closely akin to Sanskrit. PALILIA. A Roman goddess of shepherds.
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The Sicilian gods, twin sons of Zeus ( Jupiter ) and the nymph Thalia . Their mother, from fear of Hera ( Juno ), prayed to be swallowed up by the earth; her prayer was granted; but in due time twin boys issued from the earth, who were worshipped in the neighborhood of Mount Aetna , near 2026 Editor's Note: While this text identifies the Palici as sons of Thalia, other accounts name the nymph Aetna as their mother by either Zeus or Hephaestus. Their cult was centered on sulphurous lakes in the Palagonia plain, where the twin brothers were revered as chthonic deities associated with geysers and the underworld. Ancient worshippers used their shrine as a site for divine judgement, where individuals underwent tests of reliability to prove the truth of their oaths. (Ed: BR 2026-06-10)
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pal'in-drom, a word or sentence that reads the same from right to left or from left to right. Some famous palindromes are: Adam's polite introduction of himself to Eve: "Madam, I'm Adam." Napoleon's vain regret: "Able was I ere I saw Elba." and John Taylor's confession: "Lewd did I live and evil did I dwel." It may be noted that did, Eve, and ere are word palindromes.
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a biological law which states that the characteristics of the offspring are inherited from the parof ceпoents, in contrast to the theory 1 genesis, which states that the characteristics are the result of environment. An illustration of the first case is the development of the frog, which undergoes a complete change, not only in outward appearance, but respiratory tem, in the change from the polliwog, with the long tail and respiratory gills, to the tailless frog with lungs for breathing. Research has proved that this has always been the development of this type animal. On the other hand, in the of case of many insects, the offspring were born in the form of the parent, but have recently (biologically speaking) developed a laval stage of development-for example, the change of the caterpillar into the moth.
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a fence or fencing of pales or stakes driven into the ground, to form an inclosure, as a protection to property. In fortification, a row of St. Louis, in 1858. Graduated from stakes set firmly in the ground and pre- Georgetown University in 1880, and senting a sharp point to an advancing party. The stakes are placed vertically at the foot of the slope of the counterscarp, or presented at an angle at the foot of a parapet, or on the banquette of the covered way.
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BERNARD, a French potter and chemist; born in Agen about 1508. He wrote several works on natural philosophy, and on subjects connected with the art of pottery. His pottery has become celebrated, and few things are more prized by the connoisseur than the famous "Palissy ware." Being a Protestant, he was ar rested by the Leaguers toward the end of the reign of Henri III., and died in the Bastille in 1589.
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a peculiar pottery first manufactured in France by Bernard Palissy of Saintes, about 1555. His works are remarkable for the high relief of his figures and ornament, which consist frequently of models from nature of fish, reptiles, shells, leaves, etc., all most carefully and naturally colored. The art may be said to have died with him.
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a channel between the mainland of India and the N. part of Ceylon, abounding in shoals, currents, sunken rocks, and sand-banks.
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pel mel, a famous street in London. It derives its name from the old French game of pail mail, introduced into England during the reign of Charles I, a forerunner of the modern croquet. The street leads westward from Waterloo Place. It is the center of London club life, and is a street of modern palaces. A broad avenue near by, planted with rows of handsome trees, is known as the Mall, taking its name also from the fact that it was once a piece of suburban sward on which the game was played.
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A masonic-diabolic order, also entitled the Sovereign-Council of Wisdom, founded in Paris on May 20th, 1737. It initiated women under the name of companions of Penelope. The fact that it existed is proved by the circumstance that Ragou, the Masonic antiquary, published its ritual.
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CONDÉ BENOIST, an American journalist and writer, born at courses afterward in other carried on post - graduate universities. From 1887 to 1897 he was editor of the " Church Progress " and " Catholic World. " He had char charge of the Roman Catholic department in a number of encyclopædias and was managing editor of the " Catholic Encyclopedia. " He was author of "The Philosophy of Literature," (1897); "What is Liberalism?" (1899); "Education of Boys," (1916). He also produced several volumes of poems.
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That portion of an escapement by means of which the escape wheel gives impulse to the balance.
Only in American Watchmaker and Jeweler
The arbor on which the pallet is mounted.
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The stones mounted in the pallet and on which the escape wheel strike and through which the impulse is transmitted.
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a square woolen cloak, much resembling the chlamys, from which it can only be distinguished by its greater length and amplitude. It was capable of enveloping the entire person, which it could cover at night as a blanket. It was much worn by the Greeks, INNOLLI 2 1 PALMS 1. Betel nut palm. 2. Palmyra palm. corresponding to the toga of the Romans. In ecclesiology, a pall, an ornamental band of white wool three fingers broad, to be worn around the shoulders, with pendants a span in length before and behind, the ends ornamented with red crosses. In the time of Gregory VII. (1073-1085) archbishops went for it to Rome; afterward the Popes sent it to them when they received their appointment. In zoölogy, the mantle of a bivalve mollusk.
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