Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Palissy \Pal"is*sy\, a.
   Designating, or of the nature of, a kind of pottery made by
   Bernard Palissy, in France, in the 16th centry.

   {Palissy ware}, glazed pottery like that made by Bernard
      Palissy; especially, that having figures of fishes,
      reptiles, etc., in high relief.