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The meaning of the word "Pale" in English


Pale v. i. : Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.

Pale v. i. : Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.

Pale n. : Paleness; pallor.

Pale v. i. : To turn pale; to lose color or luster.

Pale v. t. : To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

Pale n. : 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.

Pale n. : That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.

Pale n. : A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively.

Pale n. : A stripe or band, as on a garment.

Pale n. : 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.

Pale n. : A cheese scoop.

Pale n. : A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

Pale v. t. : To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off.

Example:
How does an extremely Pale person get a real tan without burning?

Taxonomy
the Pale, Ireland, Irish, the Irish, Dublin, Pale, boundary, the settlers, English, Gaelic, free encyclopedia, Irish culture, ground, language, History, the garrison, English king, English crown.

Defination from the web:
Pale generally consisted of fertile lowlands, which were easier for the garrison to defend from ambush than hilly or wooded ground. ... The Act could never be implemented successfully, even in the Pale itself, as the first expansion of Dublin was to an area known as "Irishtown" ... 

synonyms
  (adjective) pallid
  (adjective) wan
  (adjective) sick
  (noun) picket
  (noun) strip
  (verb) blanch
  (verb) blench
  (verb) color
  (verb) colour
  (verb) discolor
  (verb) discolour
similar terms
  (adjective) colorless
  (adjective) colourless
  (adjective) light
  (adjective) light-colored
  (adjective) thin
  (adjective) weak


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