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▪ I. palp, n. Zool.|pælp|
[a. F. palpe, ad. L. palpus.]
A feeler: = palpus.
1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., s.v. Palpators, A family of Clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary feelers, or palps. 1870Rolleston Anim. Life Introd. 109 (Class, Insecta) The mandible has never even a rudiment of a palp. 1880Huxley Crayfish iv. 167.
▪ II. palp, v. rare.|pælp|
[ad. L. palpāre to touch softly, pat, caress, coax, flatter; cf. F. palper (16th c. in Hatz.-Darm.) ‘to handle gently..also, to flatter, soothe’ (Cotgr.), It. palpare.]
1. trans. To touch, feel; to handle gently, pat. Also fig. To speak fair to, flatter, cajole.
1534St. Papers Hen. VIII, II. 218 That they may palpe and clayme, also handle as blynde men dothe in darknes. 1650T. Vaughan Anthroposophia To Rdr., Aquinas palps him gently, Scotus makes him winch. 1657Thornley tr. Longus' Daphnis & Chloe 187 He began to palpe him with soft words. 1793Gibbon Lett. Misc. Wks. 1796 I. 291, I sent for Farquhar, who is allowed to be a very skilful surgeon. After viewing and palping, he..desired to call in assistance. 1967S. Beckett Stories & Texts for Nothing iii. 86 Palp your skull, seat of the understanding.
2. intr. Short for palpitate v. 1.
1903‘Marjoribanks’ Fluff-Hunters 30 Georgie panted and palped, and the old man gurgled and gasped. Ibid. 149 ‘I am Phyllis Tremayn!’ exclaimed the excited bit of fat, palping all over.
▪ III. palp
obs. Sc. form of pap, teat. |