Etymology : Middle English, from Middle French pal stake, from Latin palus; more at POLE
Pronunciation : 'pA(&)l
Function : noun
Date : 12th century
1. lack of luster or color; fence; fence stake; bordered territory. blanch, whiten; become less important; make a fence around. colorless, pallid; weak; white. pale\pale\ , a. [compar. paler ; superl. palest.] [f. pâle, fr. pâlir to turn pale, l. pallere to be o look pale. cf. appall, fallow, pall, v. i., pallid.].
2. wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. "pale as a forpined ghost." speechless he stood and pale. they are not of complexion red or pale. randolph.
3. not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon. the night, methinks, is but the daylight sick; it looks a little paler.note: pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced, pale-looking, etc.pale \pale\, n. paleness; pallor. [r.]pale \pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. paled ; p. pr. & vb. n. paling.] to turn pale; to lose color or luster. apt to pale at a trodden worm. browning.pale \pale\, v. t. to inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off. [your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled in with rocks unscalable and roaring waters.pale \pale\, v. t. to make pale; to diminish the brightness of. the glow worm shows the matin to be near, and gins to pale his uneffectual fire.pale \pale\, n. [f. pal, fr. l. palus: cf. d. paal. see:
pol a stake, and lst pallet.].
4. 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. deer creep through when a pale tumbles down.
5. that which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. "within one pale or hedge.".
6. a space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. "to walk the studious cloister's pale." "out of the pale of civilization.".
7. a stripe or band, as on a garment.
8. (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.
9. a cheese scoop.
10. (shipbuilding) a shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
11. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.
12. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.
13. Paleness; pallor.
14. To turn pale; to lose color or luster.
15. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
16. 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.
17. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.
18. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; often used figuratively.
19. A stripe or band, as on a garment.
20. 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.
21. A cheese scoop.
22. A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
23. To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off. turn pale, as if in fear abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance" very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes" not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song".
24. 1. If something is pale, it is very light in colour or almost white. Migrating birds filled the pale sky As we age, our skin becomes paler. ¡Ù dark Pale is also a combining form. a pale blue sailor dress.
25. If someone looks pale, their face looks a lighter colour than usual, usually because they are ill, frightened, or shocked. She looked pale and tired + paleness pale·ness his paleness when he realized that he was bleeding.
26. If one thing pales in comparison with another, it is made to seem much less important, serious, or good by it. When someone you love has a life-threatening illness, everything else pales in comparison. a soap opera against which other soaps pale into insignificance.
27. If you think that someone's actions or behaviour are not acceptable, you can say that they are beyond the pale. This sort of thing really is quite beyond the pale. = unacceptable. District separated from the surrounding country by defined boundaries or set apart by a distinctive administrative and legal system. In imperial Russia from the late 18th century, the Pale of Settlement was the area in which Jews were permitted to live. By the 19th century it included all of Russian Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Crimea, Bessarabia, and most of Ukraine. It ceased to exist during World War I, when Jews in great numbers fled to the interior, and it was abolished in 1917. The English maintained a pale in Ireland until the entire island was subjugated under Elizabeth I in the 16th century.
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