Pale

·noun A cheese scoop.

II. Pale ·noun Paleness; pallor.

III. Pale ·noun A stripe or band, as on a garment.

IV. Pale ·vi To turn pale; to lose color or luster.

V. Pale ·vt To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

VI. Pale ·noun A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.

VII. Pale ·noun That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade.

VIII. Pale ·vi Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon.

IX. Pale ·vi Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue.

X. Pale ·noun A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure;

— often used figuratively.

XI. Pale ·vt To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to Encircle; to Encompass; to fence off.

XII. Pale ·noun 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.

XIII. Pale ·noun 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.