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† palour Obs.
Also 6–8 pallour.
[ad. F. palourde:—late pop. L. pelorida, for cl. L. pelōris, -idem, a. Gr. πελωρίς, -ίδα giant-mussel.]
A bivalve shell-fish; a kind of cockle or mussel.
1589Rider Bibl. Schol., Fishes 1722 A pallour, a shell fish. 1601Holland Pliny II. 443 The Palours also doe mollifie and soften the bellie [Et pelorides emolliunt aluum]. 1611Cotgr., Clonisse, the little, sharpe, and muddie cockle, tearmed, a Palour. Ibid., Pallourde, a little, narrow, and seldome-gaping Cockle, which we also call, a Palour. 1657C. Beck Univ. Charac. I. v, Pallour fish. 1694Motteux Rabelais iv. lx. (1737) 246 Chevins, Pallours. |