Definition of Palete
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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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