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  1. 1. v. i. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. Not bright or brilliant; of a faint luster or hue; dim; as, the pale light of the moon. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. Paleness; pallor. Source: opted
  4. 4. v. i. To turn pale; to lose color or luster. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. t. To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. Source: opted
  6. 6. n. 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. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. That which incloses or fences in; a boundary; a limit; a fence; a palisade. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. Source: opted
  9. 9. n. A stripe or band, as on a garment. Source: opted
  10. 10. 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. Source: opted
  11. 11. n. A cheese scoop. Source: opted
  12. 12. n. A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. Source: opted
  13. 13. v. t. To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off. Source: opted

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