All 3 Uses of
palate
in
Leaves of Grass
- The little light fades the immense and diaphanous shadows, The air tastes good to my palate.†
Chpt 3
- …attitudes, all the shapeliness, all the belongings of my or your body or of any one's body, male or female, The lung-sponges, the stomach-sac, the bowels sweet and clean, The brain in its folds inside the skull-frame, Sympathies, heart-valves, palate-valves, sexuality, maternity, Womanhood, and all that is a woman, and the man that comes from woman, The womb, the teats, nipples, breast-milk, tears, laughter, weeping, love-looks, love-perturbations and risings, The voice, articulation,…†
Chpt 4
- 12 You Hottentot with clicking palate! you woolly-hair'd hordes!†
Chpt 6 *
Definition:
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(palate as in: palate of the mouth) upper surface of the mouth
(Do not confuse this with the similarly spelled words with the same pronunciation--pallet and pallete.)