Pale
Definition of Pale
Pronunciation: pāld a. | 1. | | | 1. | Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. | | 2. | Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon. | n. | 1. | Paleness; pallor. | v. i. | 1. | To turn pale; to lose color or luster. | v. t. | 1. | To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. | | 3. | A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; - often used figuratively. | | 4. | A region within specified bounds, whether or not enclosed or demarcated. | | 5. | A stripe or band, as on a garment. | | 6. | (Her.) 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. | | 7. | A cheese scoop. | | 8. | (Shipbuilding) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. | v. t. | 1. | To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off. |
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