▪ I. † ˈpallion1 Obs.
Also 3 palliun, 3–6 -oun, 4 -oune.
[a. OF. pallion, -un (12th c. in Godef.), ad. L. pallium: see pallium.]
= pall n.1 (usually in sense 6 a), pallium.
| c 1290 Becket 306 in S. Eng. Leg. I. 115 Heo gonne sende sone Aftur is palliun [Harl. MS. 248 pallioun] to rome. c 1330 R. Brunne Chron. (1810) 148 Biside þam on þer schip com a bisshop doun, Þe mast in hand gan kip, with croice & pallioun. c 1450 St. Cuthbert (Surtees) 7793 With his pallion his eyen he hidde. 1480 Caxton Chron. Eng. xcvii. 78 Saynt gregory..sent to seynt Austyn his pallion & made hym primat and Archebisshop of Englond. a 1510 Douglas King Hart xli, Dame Danger hes of dolour to him drest Ane pallioun that na proudnes hes without. |
▪ II. pallion2
(ˈpæljən)
[Derivation obscure: cf. Sp. pallon (paˈʎon), a quantity of gold or silver from an assay, It. pallone, augm. of palla ball.]
A small piece or pellet.
| 1727 Philip Quarll 170 In the Manner as they make Pallions on Board with old Cable Ends. 1799 G. Smith Laboratory I. 101 Cut it into little bits, or pallions, lay the bits or pallions of solder upon it. 1884 Britten Watch & Clockm. 243 Run small pallions of suitable solder evenly over it. |
▪ III. pallion, -oun
obs. Sc. forms of pavilion.