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pale1 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pl)
n.
A stake or pointed stick; a picket.
A fence enclosing an area.
The area enclosed by a fence or boundary.
A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction.
Pale The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the.
Heraldry. A wide vertical band in the center of an escutcheon.
tr.v. paled, pal·ing, pales
To enclose with pales; fence in.
Idiom:
beyond the pale
Irrevocably unacceptable or unreasonable: behavior that was quite beyond the pale.
pale2 ( P ) Pronunciation Key (pl)
adj. pal·er, pal·est
Whitish in complexion; pallid.
Of a low intensity of color; light.
Having high lightness and low saturation.
Of a low intensity of light; dim or faint: “a late afternoon sun coming through the el tracks and falling in pale oblongs on the cracked, empty sidewalks” (Jimmy Breslin).
Feeble; weak: a pale rendition of the aria.
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