n. [ Cf. F. impalpabilité. ] The quality of being impalpable. Jortin. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. im- not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable. ] 1. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. “Impalpable powder.” Boyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal. “Impalpable, void, and bodiless.” Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an impalpable manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A labial palp. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n.; pl. Labipalpi [ NL. See Labium, and Palpus. ] (Zool.) One of the labial palpi of an insect. See Illust. under Labium. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. longipalpe, fr. L. longus long + F. palpe a feeler, a palp. ] (Zool.) One of a tribe of beetles, having long maxillary palpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. palpe. See Palpable. ] (Zool.) Same as Palpus. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ L. palpare: cf. F. palper. ] To have a distinct touch or feeling of; to feel. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

To bring a palpèd darkness o'er the earth. Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality of being palpable, or perceptible by the touch. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. palpable, L. palpabilis, fr. palpare to feel, stroke; cf. palpus the soft palm of the hand. ] 1. Capable of being touched and felt; perceptible by the touch; as, a palpable form. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Darkness must overshadow all his bounds,
Palpable darkness. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Easily perceptible; plain; distinct; obvious; readily perceived and detected; gross; as, palpable imposture; palpable absurdity; palpable errors. “Three persons palpable.” P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Lies ] gross as a mountain, open, palpable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

A hit, A very palpable hit. Shak. (Hamlet) [ 1913 Webster ]

-- Pal"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Pal"pa*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To examine for medical purposes by touching, as of body parts; as, the nurse palpated the patient's stomach.
Syn. -- feel. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. palpatio, fr. palpare. See Palpable. ] 1. Act of touching or feeling. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Examination of a patient by touch. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., a stroker. ] (Zool.) One of a family of clavicorn beetles, including those which have very long maxillary palpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Palpebræ [ L. ] (Zool.) The eyelid. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. palpebralis, fr. palpebra: cf. F. palpébral. ] Of or pertaining to the eyelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having eyelids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Having a palpus. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n., pl. of Palpus. (Zool.) See Palpus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Palpus, and Cornu. ] (Zool.) One of a group of aquatic beetles (Palpicornia) having short club-shaped antennæ, and long maxillary palpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Palpus + L. ferre to bear. ] (Zool.) Same as Palpiger. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Palpus + -form: cf. F. palpiforme. ] (Zool.) Having the form of a palpus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Palpigerous. ] (Zool.) That portion of the labium which bears the palpi in insects. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Palpus + -gerous. ] (Zool.) Bearing a palpus. Kirby. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. palpitans, p. pr. ] Palpitating; throbbing; trembling. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Palpitated p. pr. & vb. n. Palpitating ] [ L. palpitare, palpitatum, v. intens. fr. pappare. See Palpable. ] To beat rapidly and more strongly than usual; to throb; to bound with emotion or exertion; to pulsate violently; to flutter; -- said specifically of the heart when its action is abnormal, as from excitement. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Beating irregularly; -- of the heart.
Syn. -- palpitant. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ L. palpitatio: cf. F. palpitation. ] A rapid pulsation; a throbbing; esp., an abnormal, rapid beating of the heart as when excited by violent exertion, strong emotion, or by disease. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Without a palpus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Palpus, and Cilium. ] (Zool.) A minute soft filamentary process springing from the surface of certain hydroids and sponges. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. Palpi [ NL. See Palp. ] (Zool.) A feeler; especially, one of the jointed sense organs attached to the mouth organs of insects, arachnids, crustaceans, and annelids; as, the mandibular palpi, maxillary palpi, and labial palpi. The palpi of male spiders serve as sexual organs. Called also palp. See Illust. of Arthrogastra and Orthoptera. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. pédipalpe. ] (Zool.) One of the Pedipalpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Pedipalpus. ] (Zool.) A division of Arachnida, including the whip scorpions (Thelyphonus) and allied forms. Sometimes used in a wider sense to include also the true scorpions. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the pedipalps. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Pedipalpi [ NL. See Pes, and Palpus. ] (Zool.) One of the second pair of mouth organs of arachnids. In some they are leglike, but in others, as the scorpion, they terminate in a claw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. securis ax, hatchet + E. palp. ] (Zool.) One of a family of beetles having the maxillary palpi terminating in a hatchet-shaped joint. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Ir. spailpin, fr. spailp a beau, pride, self-conceit. ] A scamp; an Irish term for a good-for-nothing fellow; -- often used in good-humored contempt or ridicule. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. subula an awl + E. palp. ] (Zool.) One of a group of carabid beetles having slender palpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. suppalpari to caress a little; sub under, a little + palpare to caress. ] The act of enticing by soft words; enticement. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Destitute of a palp. [ 1913 Webster ]