2. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon. The night, methinks, is but the daylight sick; It looks a little paler. Shak.
Note: Pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced, pale-looking, etc.
PALE
Pale, n.
Defn: Paleness; pallor. [R.] Shak.
PALE
Pale, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paled; p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.]
Defn: To turn pale; to lose color or luster. Whittier.
Apt to pale at a trodden worm. Mrs. Browning.
PALE
Pale, v. t.
Defn: To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
The glowpale his uneffectual fire. Shak.
PALE Pale, n. Etym: [F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See Pol a stake, and lst Pallet.]
1. A pointed stake or slat, either driven into the ground, or fastened to a rail at the top and bottom, for fencing or inclosing; a picket. Deer creep through when a pale tumbles down. Mortimer.