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