Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - pale
Pale
pale
1. adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of a colour) faint; not dark or deep. b faintly coloured. 3 of faint lustre; dim. --v. 1 intr. & tr. grow or make pale. 2 intr. (often foll. by before, beside) become feeble in comparison (with). Derivatives palely adv. paleness n. palish adj. Etymology: ME f. OF pale, palir f. L pallidus f. pallere be pale 2. n. 1 a pointed piece of wood for fencing etc.; a stake. 2 a boundary or enclosed area. 3 Heraldry a vertical stripe in the middle of a shield. Phrases and idioms beyond the pale outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour. in pale Heraldry arranged vertically. Etymology: ME f. OF pal f. L palus stake
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I. noun see: pole Date: 12th century palisade, paling, 2. one of the stakes of a palisade, picket, 3. a space or field having bounds ; enclosure, a territory or district within certain bounds or under a particular jurisdiction, an area or the limits within which one is privileged or protected (as from censure) , a perpendicular stripe on a heraldic shield, II. transitive verb (~d; paling) Date: 14th century to enclose with ~s ; fence, III. adjective (~r; ~st) see: fallow Date: 14th century deficient in color or intensity of color ; pallid , not bright or brilliant ; dim , feeble, faint , deficient in chroma , ~ly adverb ~ness noun palish adjective IV. verb (~d; paling) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to become ~, transitive verb to make ~ ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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