Pa*la"ver*er (?), n. One who palavers; a flatterer.
Pale (?), a. [Compar. Paler (?); superl. Palest.] [F. p‚le, fr. p‚lir
to turn pale, L. pallere to be o&?; look pale. Cf. Appall, Fallow,
pall, v. i., Pallid.]
1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale
face; a pale red; a pale blue. "Pale as a forpined ghost." Chaucer.
Speechless he stood and pale.
Milton.
They are not of complexion red or pale.
T. Randolph.
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.
Pale is often used in the formation of self- explaining compounds; as,
pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced, pale-looking, etc.
Pale, n. Paleness; pallor. [R.] Shak.
Pale, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.] To turn
pale; to lose color or luster. Whittier.
Apt to pale at a trodden worm.
Mrs. Browning.
Pale, v. t. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.
The glow&?;worm shows the matin to be near, And gins to pale his
uneffectual fire.
Shak.
Pale, n. [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.
2. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a
palisade. "Within one pale or hedge." Robynson (More's Utopia).
3. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place;
an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. "To walk the studious
cloister's pale." Milton. "Out of the pale of civilization." Macaulay.