Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PA-LES'TRA
PA'LE-OUSPA-LES'TRI-AN, or PA-LES'TRIC
PA-LES'TRA, n. [Gr. παλαιστρα, from παλη, wrestling.]
A wrestling; the place of wrestling; exercises of wrestling; a place for athletic exercises in Greece.
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