A long, strong stake, one end of which is set firmly in the ground, and the other sharpened. / (military) A wall of wooden stakes, used as a defensive barrier.

(transitive, usually in the passive) To equip with a palisade.

(painting) A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours. / The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.

(zoology) A part associated with the mouth of certain invertebrates, somewhat analagous to the palate of vertebrates. / (entomology, rare) The hypopharynx of an insect.

(transitive, nonstandard) To relish; to find palatable.

(anatomy) Pertaining to the palate. / (dentistry, not comparable) Of an upper tooth, on the side facing the palate. / (phonetics) Articulated at the hard palate.

(phonetics) A palatal consonant.

(Africa) A village council meeting. / (North America, archaic British) Talk, especially unnecessary talk; chatter. [from 18th c.] / (Britain) Mentally-draining activity, either physical or fuss.

(intransitive) To discuss with much talk. / (transitive) To flatter.

(archaic, poetic) Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. / A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse.