I.to besprinkle, sully, defile, Od.; mostly in Pass., Hom.:—Mid., παλάσσετο χεῖρας he defiled his hands, Il.
2.Pass. also of things, to be scattered abroad, id=Il.
II.perf. pass. of lots shaken in an urn, κλήρῳ πεπαλάχθαι to determine one's fate by lot, Hom.; cf. πάλος.