Palindrome:
A palindrome, called by the Persians mukloob, or conversion, is the matching of words that are anagrams of each other:
Speed, boatman, o'er the deeps.
A line or sentence may be so formed, as to give the same breath-sounds when read forward or backward.
This is called by the Persians the equal anagram, or conversion; as,
ɷrɷm dɷd mɷrɷ.
He gave me rest.
William Barnes B.D. - A Philological Grammar, Grounded upon English, and formed from a comparison of more than sixty languages.
Being an introduction to the science of grammar, and a help to grammars of all languages, especially english, latin, and greek. (St, Johns college, Cambridge)
Published by John Russell Smith, 36, Soho Square, 36, London, 1854.
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