pale
- Adjective. light in color.
- Adjective. (context, of human skin) having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
- Verb. (intransitive) to become pale, to become insignificant.
- Noun. wooden stake.
- Noun. (archaic) fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
- Noun. (by extension) limits, bounds (especially before (term, of) ).
- Noun. The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase ''beyond the pale''.
- 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. (archaic) The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
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