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Palesʹtra (3 syl.)

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Either the act of wrestling, etc., or the place in which the Grecian youths practised athletic exercises. (Greek, palē, wrestling.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Palamedēs of Lombardy
Palamon and Arcite
Palatinate
Palaver
Pale
Pale Faces
Palemon
Palermo Razors
Palēs
Palestine Soup
Palestra
Palestrina or Pelestrina
Paletot [pal-e-to]
Palimpsest
Palindrome
Palinode
Palinurus (in English, Palinure)
Palissy Ware
Pall
Pall-bearers
Pall Mall