PALLIFICATION

, or Piling, in Architecture, denotes the piling of the ground-work, or the strengthening it with piles, or timber driven into the ground; which is practised when buildings are erected upon a moist or marshy soil.

PALLISADES. See Palisades.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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PAGAN (Blaise François Comte de)
PALILICUM
PALISADES
PALLADIO (Andrew)
PALLETS
* PALLIFICATION
PALM
PAPPUS
PARABOLA
PARABOLOIDES
PARALLAX