adv. [ Pref. a- + late. ] Lately; of late. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

There hath been alate such tales spread abroad. Latimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ L. alatus, from ala wing. ] Winged; having wings, or side appendages like wings. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖ } n. [ L. ala wing + terni three each. ] (Bot.) An ornamental evergreen shrub (Rhamnus alaternus) belonging to the buckthorns. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F., fr. L. alatus winged. ] The state of being winged. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Med.) An emulsion made of almonds; milk of almonds. Bailey. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Chem.) A salt of amygdalic acid. Called also mandelate. [ 1913 Webster + AS ]

a. [ L. amygdala, amygdalum, almond, Gr. 'amygda`lh, 'amy`gdalon. See Almond. ] Pertaining to, resembling, or made of, almonds. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. aspalathus, Gr. &unr_;. ] (Bot.) (a) A thorny shrub yielding a fragrant oil. Ecclus. xxiv. 15. (b) A genus of plants of the natural order Leguminosæ. The species are chiefly natives of the Cape of Good Hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Sp., prob. fr. native name. ] 1. A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa). [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (
balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ Pref. bin- + oxalate. ] (Chem.) A salt having two equivalents of oxalic acid to one of the base; an acid oxalate. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus. ] The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of catalases. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. kefalh` head. ] (Zool.) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a head. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. to reduce in intensity (a crisis or a war). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a reduction in intensity (of a crisis or a war). [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. e- + palpus. ] (Zoöl.) Without palpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL. Cf. Escalade. ] A stairway or incline arranged like an endless belt so that the steps or treads ascend or descend continuously, and one stepping upon it is carried up or down; -- originally a trade term, which has become the generic name for such devices. Such devices are in common use in large retail establishments such as department stores, and in public buildings having a heavy traffic of persons between adjacent floors. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]

n. [ L. exhalatio: cf. F. exhalaison, exhalation. ] 1. The act or process of exhaling, or sending forth in the form of steam or vapor; evaporation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. That which is exhaled, or which rises in the form of vapor, fume, or steam; effluvium; emanation; as, exhalations from the earth or flowers, decaying matter, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise
From hill or steaming lake. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A bright phenomenon; a meteor. [ archaic ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

I shall fall
Like a bright exhalation in the evening. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ After Galatea, a British man-of-war, the material being used for children's sailor suits. ] A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

prop. a. Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Photog.) An appearance as of a halo of light, surrounding the edges of dark objects in a photographic picture. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Unpalatable. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. inhalation. ] The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Intercalated p. pr. & vb. n. Intercalating ] [ L. intercalatus, p. p. of intercalare to intercalate to intercalate; inter between + calare to call, proclaim. See Calendar. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Chron.) To insert, as a day or other portion of time, in a calendar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To insert among others, as a verse in a stanza; specif. (Geol.), to introduce as a bed or stratum, between the layers of a regular series of rocks. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beds of fresh-water shells . . . are intercalated and interstratified with the shale. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. intercalatio: cf. F. intercalation. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. (Chron.) The insertion of a day, or other portion of time, in a calendar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The insertion or introduction of anything among others, as the insertion of a phrase, line, or verse in a metrical composition; specif. (Geol.), the intrusion of a bed or layer between other layers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Intercalations of fresh-water species in some localities. Mantell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. malum apple: cf. F. malate. See Malic. ] (Chem.) A salt of malic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Maxilla + palatine. ] (Anat.) Pertaining to the maxillary and palatine regions of the skull; as, the maxillo-palatine process of the maxilla. Also used as n. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of mesoxalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A salt of naphthalic acid; a phthalate. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ Naso- + palatal. ] (Anat.) Connected with both the nose and the palate; as, the nasopalatine or incisor, canal connecting the mouth and the nasal chamber in some animals; the nasopalatine nerve. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. oxalate. See Oxalic. ] (Chem.) A salt of oxalic acid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Palatableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Palate. ] Agreeable to the palate or taste; savory; hence, acceptable; pleasing; as, palatable food; palatable advice. Opposite of unpalatable. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being agreeable to the taste; relish; acceptableness. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a palatable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. F. palatal. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the palate; palatine; as, the palatal bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Phonetics) Uttered by the aid of the palate; -- said of certain sounds, as the sound of k in kirk. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phon.) A sound uttered, or a letter pronounced, by the aid of the palate, as the letters k and y. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. 1. Same as palatalize.
Syn. -- palatalize, palatize. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. t. (Phon.) To modify, as the tones of the voice, by means of the palate; especially: to pronounce a consonant with the tongue against the palate; as, to palatalize a letter or sound; to palatize. See palatalized. [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. (Linguistics, Phonology) Produced with the front of the tongue near or touching the hard palate as "y"; or with the blade of the tongue near the hard palate as "ch" in "chin" or "j" in "gin".
Syn. -- palatal. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. palatum: cf. F. palais, Of. also palat. ] 1. (Anat.) The roof of the mouth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The fixed portion, or palate proper, supported by the maxillary and palatine bones, is called the hard palate to distinguish it from the membranous and muscular curtain which separates the cavity of the mouth from the pharynx and is called the soft palate, or velum. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Relish; taste; liking; -- a sense originating in the mistaken notion that the palate is the organ of taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hard task! to hit the palate of such guests. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Fig.: Mental relish; intellectual taste. T. Baker. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Bot.) A projection in the throat of such flowers as the snapdragon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To perceive by the taste. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. palatium palace. See Palace. ] Of or pertaining to a palace; suitable for a palace; resembling a palace; royal; magnificent; as, palatial structures. “Palatial style.” A. Drummond. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Palate. ] (Anat.) Palatal; palatine. [ Obs. ] Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A palatal letter. [ Obs. ] Sir W. Jones. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Palatal; palatine. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Phon.) A palatal. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. Either of two regions in Germany, formerly divisions of the Holy Roman Empire; the Lower Palatinate or Rhine Palatinate is now within the Rhineland-Palatinate; the Upper Palatinate is now within Bavaria. It is usually referred to as the Palatinate. [ PJC ]

☞ Palatinate The [ F. Palatinat, G. Pfalz, ML. Palatinatus, the province of count palatine, from palatinatus, palatine. ] A former German State. Its territories were originally in the region of the Rhine, and from the 14th century to 1620 embraced two separate regions, the Rhine (or Lower) Palatinate (distinctively the Palatinate), and the Upper Palatinate (see below). The palsgraves on the Rhine, whose original seat was at Aix-la-Chapelle, were important princes of the empire as early as the 11th century. Early in the 13th century the Palatinate passed to the Bavarian dynasty of Wittelsbach, which soon after branched off into the Bavarian and palatine lines. The Palatinate was enlarged early in the 14th Century with a part of Bavaria (the Upper Palatinate). The Golden Bull of 1356 designated the Palatinate as one of the seven electorates. In the 16th century Heidelberg, the capital of the electors palatine, became a great center of Calvinism. The elector Frederick V., having accepted the Bohemian crown in 1619, and having been overthrown in 1620, was stripped of his dominions. The electoral dignity was transferred to Bavaria in 1623, and the Upper Palatinate was annexed to it. By the treaty of 1648 the Rhine Palatinate was restored to its former rulers, and an eighth electorate created for it, the Upper Palatinate being confirmed to Bavaria. The Rhine palatinate was terribly ravaged by the French in 1674 and 1689. The Palatinate and the Bavarian lands were united in 1777. In 1801 the Rhine Palatinate was divided: all west of the Rhine was ceded to France; Baden received Heidelberg, Mannheim, etc.; and the rest fell to Hesse-Darmstadt, Nassau, etc. By the treaties of 1814-15 the French portion west of the Rhine was restored to Germany: Prussia and Hesse-Darmstadt received portions, but the greater portion fell to Bavaria. This part is the present Rhine Palatinate, or Lower Palatinate (G. Rheinpfalz or Unterpfalz): it is bounded by the Rhine on the east, and borders on Hesse, Prussia, and Alsace-Lorraine. It forms a "Regierungs-bezirk" of Bavaria, with Spires as Capital. It is traversed by the Hardt Mountains, and produces grain, wine, coal, etc. Area, 2, 289 square miles. Population (1890), 728, 339. The Upper Palatinate (9. Oberpfalz) forms a "Regierungs-bezirk" of Bavaria under the title Upper Palatinate and Ratisbon (Regensburg). It borders on Bohemia. Capital, Ratisbon. It has extensive forests and flourishing industries. Area, 3, 729 square miles. Population (1890), 537, 954. [ Century Dict., 1906 ]

v. t. To make a palatinate of. [ Obs. ] Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. palatinat. See Palatine. ] The province or seigniory of a palatine; the dignity of a palatine. Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]