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▪ I. palish, a.|ˈpeɪlɪʃ| [f. pale a. + -ish1.] Somewhat pale, rather pale.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xix. xi. (Bodl. MS.) lf. 295 b/1 Wateri colour & melky coloure..þat is whitissche oþer palische. 1564–78W. Bullein Dial. agst. Pest. (1888) 45 When nature is so stronge to caste it forthe with a redde colour, palishe or yellowishe. 1627Hakewill Apol. (1630) 428 Palish and wanne as a sicke man. 1753Goldsm. Let. Wks. 1881 IV. 475 Her face has a palish cast too much on the delicate order. 1898Watts-Dunton Aylwin (1900) 49/1 A little feathery cloud of a palish gold. ▪ II. † ˈpalish, v. Obs. rare—1. [ad. F. paliss-, extended stem of palir to become or render pale.] trans. To make pale.
1483Caxton G. de la Tour L ij, The cold was..grete the whiche made her black and palysshed her colour. |