Definition of pale

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Pale (n.) 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..

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Physiophyly :: Physiophyly (n.) The tribal history of the functions, or the history of the paleontological development of vital activities, -- being a branch of phylogeny. See Morphophyly..
Prehnite :: Prehnite (n.) A pale green mineral occurring in crystalline aggregates having a botryoidal or mammillary structure, and rarely in distinct crystals. It is a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime..
Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
Wanned :: Wanned (a.) Made wan, or pale..
Maidpale :: Maidpale (a.) Pale, like a sick girl..
White :: White (superl.) Destitute of color, as in the cheeks, or of the tinge of blood color; pale; pallid; as, white with fear..
Trilobite :: Trilobite (n.) Any one of numerous species of extinct arthropods belonging to the order Trilobita. Trilobites were very common in the Silurian and Devonian periods, but became extinct at the close of the Paleozoic. So named from the three lobes usually seen on each segment..
Veery :: Veery (n.) An American thrush (Turdus fuscescens) common in the Northern United States and Canada. It is light tawny brown above. The breast is pale buff, thickly spotted with brown. Called also Wilson's thrush..
Pyrite :: Pyrite (n.) A common mineral of a pale brass-yellow color and brilliant metallic luster, crystallizing in the isometric system; iron pyrites; iron disulphide..
Watchet :: Watchet (a.) Pale or light blue.
Tint :: Tint (n.) A pale or faint tinge of any color.
Wishy-washy :: Wishy-washy (a.) Thin and pale; weak; without strength or substance; -- originally said of liquids. Fig., weak-minded; spiritless..
Muscat :: Muscat (n.) A name given to several varieties of Old World grapes, differing in color, size, etc., but all having a somewhat musky flavor. The muscat of Alexandria is a large oval grape of a pale amber color..
Paleophytology :: Paleophytology (n.) Paleobotany.
Pallidity :: Pallidity (n.) Pallidness; paleness.
Liturate :: Liturate (a.) Having indistinct spots, paler at their margins..
Paleface :: Paleface (n.) A white person; -- an appellation supposed to have been applied to the whites by the American Indians.
Palet :: Palet (n.) A perpendicular band upon an escutcheon, one half the breadth of the pale..
Tallow-face :: Tallow-face (n.) One who has a sickly, pale complexion..
Paleous :: Paleous (a.) Chaffy; like chaff; paleaceous.
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