E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
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.)
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“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 xlv 8)—i.e. store-places or cabinets made of ivory. For “palaces” read pallaces.
