pallet

A mattress, couch, or bed, especially one of straw.

A headpiece, or cap of fence, of leather, or of leather and metal.

The crown of the head; the skull; the head.

In heraldry, a diminutive of the pale, of which it is only one half the breadth. See pale, 5.

One of the small spatulate or lance-shape calcareous plates which form part of the boring apparatus of the shells of ship-worms of the family Teredinidæ.

In bell-founding, same as crown, 7 .

In ceramics, a potters’ wheel.

An oval or round wooden instrument used by potters, crucible-makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their wares.

In gilding, an instrument used to take up the gold-leaves from the pillow, and to apply and extend them.

In bookbinding: A shallow box of brass, fitted with an end- and side-screw and handle, in which are fastened the types selected for lettering the backs of books.