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Pallace
is by Phillips derived from pallicia, pales or paled
fences. In Devonshire, a palace means a
“storehouse;” in Totness, “a landing-place enclosed but not roofed
in.” (See Palace.)
“All that cellar and the chambers over the same, and the little
pallace and landing-place adjoining the River Dart.” —Lease
granted by the Corporation of Totness in 1703.
“Out of the ivory palaces” (Psalm xiv 8) —i.e. store-places
or cabinets made of ivory. For “palaces” read pallaces.
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