Both Uses of
palate
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- …as usual, at his place of observation before the door, his eyes glancing listlessly from a piece of closely shaven grass—on which some fowls were industriously, though fruitlessly, endeavoring to turn up some grain or insect suited to their palate—to the deserted road, which led away to the north and south, when he was aroused by the shrill voice of his wife, and grumbling to himself as he went, he mounted to her chamber, first taking care, however, to set the entrance door wide open,…†
Chpt 25-26
- Because your palate his not yet been attuned to the sublimity of the substances it flavors.†
Chpt 31-32 *
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.)