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| Pale |
| [Compar.
Paler (?); superl. Palest.] [F.
pâle, fr. pâlir to turn pale, L.
pallere to be o(?) look pale. Cf. Appall,
Fallow, pall |
Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white;
pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale
blue.
Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster
or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
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To turn pale] to lose color or luster.
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To make pale; to
diminish the brightness of.
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A pointed stake or slat,
either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and
bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket.
That which incloses or fences in; a
boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
A space or field having bounds or limits; a
limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used
figuratively.
A stripe or band, as on a garment.
One of the greater
ordinaries, being a broad perpendicular stripe in an escutcheon,
equally distant from the two edges, and occupying one third of
it.
A cheese scoop.
A shore for bracing a
timber before it is fastened.
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To inclose with pales,
or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.
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