Pale

a.	1.
	1.	Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. 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.
n.	1.	Paleness; pallor.
v. i.	1.	To turn pale; to lose color or luster. [imp. & p. p. Paled (pāld); p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.] Apt to pale at a trodden worm. - Mrs. Browning.
v. t.	1.	To make pale; to diminish the brightness of. The glowworm shows the matin to be near, And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire. - Shak.
n.	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.
	3.	A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region or place; an inclosure; - often used figuratively.
	4.	A region within specified bounds, whether or not enclosed or demarcated.
	5.	A stripe or band, as on a garment.
	6.	(Her.) 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.
	7.	A cheese scoop.
	8.	(Shipbuilding) A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened. English pale (Hist.) the limits or territory in Eastern Ireland within which alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country by Henry II in 1172. See note, below. beyond the pale outside the limits of what is allowed or proper; also, outside the limits within which one is protected. - Spencer.
v. t.	1.	To inclose with pales, or as with pales; to encircle; to encompass; to fence off. [Your isle, which stands] ribbed and paled in With rocks unscalable and roaring waters. - Shak.

Noun	1.	pale - a wooden strip forming part of a fence Synonyms: picket
Verb	1.	pale - turn pale, as if in fear Synonyms: blanch, blench
Adj.	1.	pale - very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
	2.	pale - (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn" Synonyms: wan, pallid
	3.	pale - lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance" Synonyms: pallid
	4.	pale - abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed" Synonyms: pallid, wan
	5.	pale - not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

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