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pale — adj 1 Pale, pallid, ashen, ashy, wan, livid mean devoid of natural or healthy color as applied to a complexion or deficient in vividness or intensity of hue as applied to a specific color. Pale is the least rich of these words in implications and … New Dictionary of Synonyms
The Bridgeburners — are a fictional elite unit of soldiers in the Malazan Empire described in the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. The unit and its major characters play a significant role in the plot of all the books in the series to date except… … Wikipedia
Pale of Settlement — Map showing the Pale of Settlement and Congress Poland with the percentages of Jewish population (circa 1905). The Pale of Settlement (Russian: Черта оседлости, chertá osédlosti, Yiddish … Wikipedia
The Pale — In this district, many townlands have English, and even French names. HistoryIn 1171 the Norman conquest of Ireland assumed the sovereignty of the Plantagenet dynasty over Ireland. From the thirteenth century onwards, the Hiberno Norman invasion… … Wikipedia
Pale (heraldry) — Argent a pale gules A pale is a term used in heraldic blazon and vexillology to describe a charge on a coat of arms (or flag), that takes the form of a band running vertically down the center of the shield. Writers broadly agree that the width of … Wikipedia
Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina — Infobox Settlement settlement type = subdivision type = Country subdivision name =Bosnia and Herzegovinasubdivision type1 = subdivision name1 = subdivision type2 = subdivision name2 = timezone=CET utc offset=+1 timezone DST = CEST utc offset DST … Wikipedia
pale — pale1 adjective 1》 containing little colour or pigment; light in colour or shade. ↘(of a person s face) having little colour, typically as a result of shock, fear, or ill health. 2》 unimpressive or inferior: a pale imitation. verb 1》 become… … English new terms dictionary
pale — I. /peɪl / (say payl) adjective (paler, palest) 1. of a whitish appearance; without intensity of colour: pale complexion. 2. of a low degree of chroma, saturation, or purity; approaching white or grey: pale yellow. 3. lacking in brightness; dim:… …
The Telescopes — Infobox musical artist Name = The Telescopes Img capt = Img size = Landscape = Background = group or band Alias = Origin = Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England Genre = Experimental, Space Rock, Shoegazing Years active = 1987 ndash; present… … Wikipedia
pale — English has two words pale. The adjective [13] comes via Old French from Latin pallidus (source also of English appal – originally ‘turn pale’ – pall ‘become wearisome’ [14] – originally a shortening of appal – and pallid [17]). This was a… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
