Talk:pallet

Blood
Can anybody verify these two senses of pallet?
 * 1) a vessel of a definite measure (probably four ounces) used to receive the blood in bloodletting.
 * 2) the quantity contained in such a vessel.


 * A query on google.books for "pallet leech" only returns cases where pallet refers to a sleeping platform.  The first several pages of "pallet blood"  don't seem to support this either.  Jeffqyzt 16:55, 1 August 2006 (UTC)


 * Some further searching on Google shows evidence of a term pallet count to do with blood samples, as well as a patent for a blood centrifuge listing a party named "Pallet" in the related patents section (so perhaps it comes from a brand-name?)  However, I still don't see any evidence to support this usage.  Perhaps it restricted to specific medical contexts?  Anyone with a medical background that can weigh in? Jeffqyzt 19:48, 20 August 2006 (UTC)
 * The "pallet count" above seems to be a misspelling of platelet count. Andrew massyn 19:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

I have been unable to find any independent verification for this sense, although I did find another definition in hereldary which I have entered. Rfvsense failed. Andrew massyn 19:42, 22 August 2006 (UTC)

Transitive verb
Currently, the Etymology 1 verb defines "pallet" as the act of stacking goods onto a pallet. I believe this to be an incorrect usage of the base word. I have always used "palletize" as a transitive verb meaning to stack onto a pallet, and "palletizing" as the present participle of palletize (not to be confused with palletizer, an automated machine that palletizes). &#8212;&#160;CJDOS,&#160;Sheridan,&#160;OR&#160;(talk) 09:20, 9 September 2021 (UTC)