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† palifiˈcation Obs. (Erron. palli-.) [ad. med.L. pālificātiōn-em, It. palificazione (Florio), f. L. pālificāre to make a foundation of piles, f. pāl-us pile, stake, pale + -ficāre to make.] The action of driving piles or stakes into the ground in order to render it more firm for building operations.
1624Wotton Archit. i. 26, I haue sayd nothing of Pallification, or Pyling of the Ground-plot..when we build vpon a moist or marshy soile. [Hence 1656 in Blount, 1658 in Phillips, 1823 in Nicholson Pract. Builder.] |