Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PA-LES'TRI-AN, or PA-LES'TRIC
PA-LES'TRI-AN, or PA-LES'TRIC, a. [Gr. παλαιστρικος, from παλη, a struggling or wrestling; παλαιω, to wrestle, to strive.]
Pertaining to the exercise of wrestling. – Bryant.
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