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First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
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Palice, -yce, Palace, n.² [ME. (14th c.) palis, -ys, -ays, -aies, -es, e.m.E. pales, a palisade, also, an enclosure, F. palis, OF. also paleis, palisse, med. L. palicium.] A place surrounded by a palisade, an enclosure: applied to a. a park or garden, b. a fortified town. (Only in Douglas.) 1501 Doug. Pal. Hon. 52 (E).
Neptunus nold within that palice [L. palace] hant Id. Æn. viii. vi. 2.
Kyng Evandrus … the first foundar Of Romys burgh or palyce [v.r. -ice; L. Romanæ conditor arcis]