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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin and Etymology of the word
PALLET.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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PALLET (1),
a kind of mattress or couch, properly one of straw. (F.,—L.)
M.E. paillet, Chaucer, Troil. iii. 229.—F. paillet, a heap
of straw, given by Littré as a provincial word. Cotgrave only gives
pailler, 'a reek or stack of straw, also, bed-straw.' Dimin. of F.
paille, 'straw;' Cot.—Lat. palea, straw, chaff; lit. anything shaken or
scattered about. Allied to Gk. πάλη, fine meal, dust, Skt.
palála,
straw. See Curtius, i. 359. And see palliasse. [†] PALLET
(2), an instrument used
by potters, also by gilders; also, a palette. (F.,—Ital.,—L.)
See definitions in Webster; it is, properly, a flat-bladed instrument for
spreading plasters, gilding, &c., and for moulding; and is only another
spelling of Palette, q.v. ADDENDA PALLET
(1). Anglo-F. paillete,
straw, Bestiary, l. 451.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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