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