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■ noun
1》 a straw mattress.
2》 a crude or makeshift bed.
Origin
ME: from Anglo-Norman Fr. paillete , from paille 'straw'.
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~ 2
■ noun
1》 a portable platform on which goods can be moved, stacked, and stored.
2》 a flat wooden blade with a handle, used to shape clay or plaster.
3》 an artist's palette.
4》 a projection on a machine part, serving to change the mode of motion of a wheel.
↘(in a clock or watch) a projection transmitting motion from an escapement to a pendulum or balance wheel.
Derivatives
~ed adjective
~ize or ~ise verb
Origin
ME: from Fr. palette 'little blade', from L. pala 'spade'.
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~ 3
■ noun Heraldry a narrow vertical strip usually borne in groups of two or three.
Origin
C15: dimin. of pale 2 .