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Of the nature of, or resembling, a pale or stake. Now chiefly (Zoology and Palaeontology): of or relating to the pali of a coral (cf. palus, n.2).
A small fastener consisting of two parts, one having a short shank with a slightly bulbous end which is pressed into a corresponding hollow in the…