Webster's Dictionary 1828

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PALE

PALE, adjective [Latin palleo, pallidus.]1. White or whitish; wan; deficient in color; not ruddy or fresh of color; as a pale face or skin; pale cheeks. We say also, a pale red,...

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PALE-EYED

PA'LE-EYED, adjective Having eyes dimmed.

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PALE-FACED

PA'LE-FACED, adjective Having a pale or wan face.1. Causing paleness of face; as pale-faced fear.

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PALE-HEARTED

PA'LE-HE'ARTED, adjective Dispirited.

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PALEACEOUS

PALEA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin palea, straw, chaff.]1. Chaffy; resembling chaff, or consisting of it; as a paleaceous pappus.2. Chaffy; furnished with chaff; as a paleaceous rece...

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PALED

PA'LED, participle passive Inclosed with pales or pickets.1. Striped.

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PALELY

PA'LELY, adverb Wanly; not freshly or ruddily.

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PALENDAR

PAL'ENDAR, noun A kind of coasting vessel.

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PALENESS

PA'LENESS, noun Wanness; defect of color; want of freshness or ruddiness; a sickly whiteness of look.The blood the virgin's cheek forsook,A livid paleness spreads o'er all her l...

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PALEOGRAPHY

PALEOG'RAPHY, noun [Gr. ancient, and writing.]1. The art of explaining ancient writings. More correctly,2. An ancient manner of writing; as Punic paleography

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PALEOLOGIST

PALEOL'OGIST, noun One who writes on antiquity, or one conversant with antiquity.

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PALEOLOGY

PALEOL'OGY, noun [Gr. ancient, and discourse.] A discourse or treatise on antiquities, or the knowledge of ancient things.

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PALEOUS

PA'LEOUS, adjective [Latin palea, chaff.] Chaffy; like chaff.

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PALESTRIAN

PALES'TRIANPALES'TRIC, adjective [Gr. a struggling or wrestling, to wrestle, to strive.] Pertaining to the exercise of wrestling.

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PALESTRIC

PALES'TRIC, a. [Gr. a struggling or wrestling, to wrestle, to strive.] Pertaining to the exercise of wrestling.

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PALET

PAL'ET, noun The crown of the head. [Not used.]

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PALETTE

PALETTE. [See Pallet.]

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PALFREY

PAL'FREY, noun [Low Latin paraveredi, [plu of veredus,] horses of a large size, used for carrying the baggage of an army.]1. A horse used by noblemen and others for state, disti...

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PALFREYED

PAL'FREYED, adjective Riding on a palfrey.

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PALIFICATION

PALIFICA'TION, noun [from Latin palus, a stake or post.] The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground for making it firm.

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PALINDROME

PAL'INDROME, noun [Gr. again.] A word, verse or sentence that is the same when read backwards or forwards; as madam, or 'Roma tibi subito motibus ibit amor.'

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PALING

PA'LING, participle present tense Inclosing with pales.PA'LING, noun A fence formed with pales.

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PALINODE

PAL'INODEPAL'INODY, noun [Gr. again, and a song.] A recantation, or declaration contrary to a former one.

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PALINODY

PAL'INODY, n. [Gr. again, and a song.] A recantation, or declaration contrary to a former one.

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PALISADE

PALISA'DE, noun A fence or fortification consisting of a row of stakes or posts sharpened and set firmly in the ground. In fortification, the posts are set two or three inches a...

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PALISH

PA'LISH, adjective [from pale.] Somewhat pale or wan; as a palish blue.

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PALL

PALL, noun [Latin pallium.]1. A cloke; a mantle of state.2. The mantle of an archbishop.3. The cloth thrown over a dead body at funerals.PALL, noun In heraldry, a figure like th...