pale2 (pal)

and n. [ Now certeinly he was a fair prelat, He was nat pale , as a for-pyned goost. Chaucer , Gen. Prol. to C. Т., 1. 205. Why so pale and wan, fond lover, Prithee, why so pale ? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? And my most constant heart, to do him good, Shall check at neither pale affright nor blood. Fletcher (and others ), Bloody Brother, v. 1. You look as pale as death. There is blood on your hand, and your clothes are torn. Scott, Fortunes of Nigel, iii. 2. Lacking chromatic intensity, approximating to white or whitish blue or whitish violet: thus, moonlight and lilacs are pale. A red, yellow, or green may be called pale if very near white. IMG:content-2165.png:[ocr errors][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small] -2. In ornith., a fleshy pendulous skin of the chin or throat, as the dewlap or wattle of the turkey. pale4.] In bot., chat Suckling , Song. paleaceous (pā-le-a's hi us), a. [Also palæa- ceo us ; = F. paléacé , 1 paléacé , * paleaceus , . palea , chaff: see pale4 .] chaffy; covered with chaffy scales; furnished with paleæ; chaff-like. Pale Pale arctic, Pale arctic (pā-le-ärk'tik), a. [ ἀρκτικός , arctic: see arctic .] Of or pertaining to the northern part of the Old World, or northern sections of the eastern hemisphere: distinguished from Nearc- tic . Pale arctic region, in Sclater's system of zoogeog- raphy, the most extensive of six faunal regions into which the land-surface of the globe is divided, including all Europe, northern Africa, and northern Asia, being the regions north of those called Ethiopian and Indian . southern boundary is indeterminate, but in a general way corresponds to the Atlas range in Africa and the Hima- lay as in Asia. It is divided into several subregions. pale belly (pāl'bel i), n. The young of the American golden plover. G. Trumbull . [Mas- sachusetts.] pale breast (pāl'brest), n. This night methinks is but the daylight sick; It looks a little paler . Shak., M. of V., v. 1. 125. The flowery May, who from her green lap throws The yellow cowslip and the pale primrose. 1 Milton, Song on May Morning. The first Writing was turned so pale that they took no Lister, Journey to Paris, p. 108. pains to rub it out. 3. Of light color as compared with others of the same sort: applied especially to certain liquors: as, pale brandy; pale sherry; pale ale. Pale bark. See bark2. - Pale catechu. Same as gambier. Pale cod-liver oil. See cod - liver. - Pale gold, gold much alloyed with silver, so as to have a light-yellow color. = Syn. Pale, Pallid, Wan, colorle . The first three words stand in the order of strength; the next degree beyond wan is ghastly, which means deathly pale. (See ghastly.) To be pale may be natural, as the pale blue of the violet; the American Indian calls the white man paleface; to be pallid or wan is a sign of ill health. Palene may be a brief or momentary state; pallid and wan expre that which is not so quickly recovered from. Pale has a wide range of application; pallid and wan apply chiefly to the human countenance, though with po ible figurative extension. II. n. Palene ; pallor. [Rare.] IMG:content-2166.png:[blocks in formation] The glow-worm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire. Shak., Hamlet, i. 5. 90. Afar a jagged streak of lightning burned, Paling the sunshine that the dark woods lit. William Morris, Earthly Paradise, III. 247. pale3 (pāl), n. [Also peel (see peel3 ), pale , pal a , a spade, shovel, a bakers' pale, a winnowing-shovel.] 1. A bakers' shovel or peel.-2. An instrument for trying the quality of cheese; a cheese-scoop. E. H. Knight . palet (pal), n. [ME. paly , paley , payly , chaff, paille , F. paille , chaff, straw, = Sp. paja =Pg. palha = It. paglia , straw, palea , chaff, = Gr. πάλη, fine meal. Cf. Skt. palāla , straw. Hence ult. pallet1 , pallia e , etc.) 11. Chaff. 2. In bot . , same as palea ( a ) . palea (pā'le-a), n.; pl. paleæ (-ē). [NL., palea , chaff: see pale4 .] 1. In bot .: (a) One of the chaff-like bracts or scales subtending the individual flowers in the heads of many Compos itæ ; chaff. (b) The scales on the stems of certain ferns. (c) The scale-like, usually membranaceous organ in the flowers of gra es which is situated upon a secondary axis in the axil of the flowering glume and envelops the stamens and pistil. It is always bicarinate and is usually bidentate. Also called palet . The Same as pale belly . [Ma achusetts.] palebuck (pal'buk), n . [Tr. D. bleekbok .] An antelope, the ourebi or bleekbok.