▸ adjective: Light in color. ▸ adjective: (of human skin) Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.). ▸ adjective: Feeble, faint. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To turn pale; to lose colour. ▸ verb: (intransitive) To become insignificant. ▸ verb: (transitive) To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. ▸ noun: (obsolete) Paleness; pallor. ▸ noun: A wooden stake; a picket. ▸ noun: (archaic) A fence made from wooden stake; palisade. ▸ noun: (by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of). ▸ noun: (heraldry) A vertical band down the middle of a shield. ▸ noun: (archaic) A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction. ▸ noun: (historical) The parts of Ireland under English jurisdiction. ▸ noun: (historical) The territory around Calais under English control (from the 14th to 16th centuries). ▸ noun: (historical) A portion of Russia in which Jews were permitted to live (the Pale of Settlement). ▸ noun: (archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority. ▸ noun: A cheese scoop. ▸ verb: To enclose with pales, or as if with pales; to encircle or encompass; to fence off. ▸ noun: (historical) The part of Ireland directly under the control of the English government in the Late Middle Ages.
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