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Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as,
a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. |
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Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim;
as, the pale light of the moon. |
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Paleness; pallor. |
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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. |
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That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a
fence; a palisade. |
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A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or
place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. |
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A stripe or band, as on a garment. |
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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. |
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A cheese scoop. |
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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. |