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Definition of pallet
pallet Palette Pal"ette, n. [See Pallet a thin board.]
1. (Paint.) A thin, oval or square board, or tablet, with a
thumb hole at one end for holding it, on which a painter
lays and mixes his pigments. [Written also pallet.]
2. (Anc. Armor) One of the plates covering the points of
junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
--Fairholt.
3. (Mech.) A breastplate for a breast drill.
Palette knife, a knife with a very flexible steel blade and
no cutting edge, rounded at the end, used by painters to
mix colors on the grinding slab or palette.
To set the palette (Paint.), to lay upon it the required
pigments in a certain order, according to the intended use
of them in a picture. --Fairholt.
Pallet Pallet Pal"let, n. [OE. paillet, F. paillet a heap of straw,
fr. paille straw, fr. L. palea chaff; cf. Gr. ? fine meal,
dust, Skr. pala straw, pal[=a]va chaff. Cf. Paillasse.]
A small and mean bed; a bed of straw. --Milton.