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Webster 1913 Edition
Pallet
Pal′let
,Noun.
[Dim. of
pale
. See Pale
a stake.] (Her.)
A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale.
Pal′let
,Noun.
[F.
palette
: af. It. paletta
; prop. and orig., a fire shovel, dim. of L. pala
a shovel, spade. See Peel
a shovel.] 2.
(Pottery)
(a)
A wooden implement used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works. It is oval, round, and of other forms.
(b)
A potter’s wheel.
3.
(Gilding)
(a)
An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
(b)
A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
4.
(Brickmaking)
A board on which a newly molded brick is conveyed to the hack.
Knight.
5.
(Mach.)
(a)
A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
(b)
One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
Knight.
6.
(Horology)
One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
Brande & C.
7.
(Mus.)
In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
8.
(Zool.)
One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, as the Teredo. See Illust. of
Teredo
. 9.
A cup containing three ounces, – formerly used by surgeons.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pallet
PAL'LET
,Noun.
1.
Among painters, a little oval table or board, or piece of ivroy, on which the painter places the colors to be used. On the middle the colors are mixed to obtain the tints required.2.
Among potters, crucible makers, &c. a wooden instrument for forming, heating and rounding their works. It is oval, round, &c.3.
In gilding, an instrument made of a squirrel's tail, to take up the gold leaves from the pillow, and to apply and extend them.4.
In heraldry, a small pale. [See Pale.]5.
A small part belonging to the balance of a watch; the nut of a watch. It is sometimes written pallat.6.
A measure formerly used by surgeons, containing three ounces.PAL'LET
,Noun.