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  • noun Plural form of palet.

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Examples

  • Ditto for cleft palets, or a higher risk of any disease….

    Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Perhaps the Most Egregious Statement of the Healthcare Debate 2009

  • We were supposed to receive 2 palets of stock yesterday.

    sierrazen Diary Entry sierrazen 2004

  • The brigands were sleeping when the others fell upon them, killing numbers and carrying off a large booty; so rich it was, that the soldiers were seen playing at "petis palets" -- whatever that may be -- with quadruples of Spain -- whatever _that_ may be.

    Old Calabria Norman Douglas 1910

  • Of the inner scales or palets, the outer one is three-lobed at the summit, hence the varietal name of _Hordeum vulgare trifurcatum_.

    Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

  • One of the most curious anomalous varieties of this cereal, is the "Nepaul-barley," with its small adventitious flowers on the palets or inner scales.

    Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

  • The latter consist of the inner and outer palets or scales, each two of which include one of the flowers.

    Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation Hugo de Vries 1891

  • They shall make palets of litter 9 ft. long, 7 broad, watered, twisted, trodden, with wisps at foot and side, twisted and turned back; from the floor-level to the waist.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • [435] They shall make palets of litter 9 ft. long, 7 broad, watered, twisted, trodden, with wisps at foot and side, twisted and turned back; from the floor-level to the waist.

    Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

  • Members of the 437th Arial Port Squadron prepare to load a C-17 with 11 palets of ammunition, weighing 98,880 pounds.

    TheState.com: Homepage 2010

  • In France, the cookies are known as sables, galettes or palets; in Scotland, they're shortbread; and here, at home, they are shortbread, sand tarts or simply butter cookies.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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