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pall
I. \ˈpȯl\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English pæll, from Latin pallium pall, Greek mantle; akin to Latin palla women's mantle
1. archaic : rich fine cloth used for the outer garments of persons of rank
2.
a. archaic : an outer garment (as a cloak or mantle) especially when of rich material
b. : pallium 1b
3.
a.
(1) archaic : altar cloth
(2) : frontal 2
(3) : a linen cloth for covering the chalice; especially : a square piece of cardboard covered with cloth that is usually embroidered on the upper side
b.
(1) : a fine cloth spread over or on something (as a canopy or counterpane); especially : a heavy cloth draped over a coffin, hearse, or tomb
(2) : coffin; especially : one holding a body
c. or pall·ing \-liŋ\ : a canvas hatch cover on a ship
4. : a thing that covers or conceals: as
a. obsolete : cloak 2c
b. : an overspreading element that produces an effect of gloom
< a pall of smoke >
5.
a. : a conventionalized heraldic representation of the front half of an archiepiscopal pallium
b. : pairle
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II. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to cover with or as if with a pall : cloak, drape
III. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English pallen, short for apallen to appall
intransitive verb
1. : to lose strength : fail in vigor or effectiveness
2.
a. obsolete, of wine or beer : to become flat
b. : to lose in interest or attraction
< these occupations palled — Virginia Woolf >
< in the long run ugliness palls almost as much as beauty — George Saintsbury >
— often used with on or upon
< smooth, rhetorical mind must have palled on one who liked sharp edges — John Buchan >
3. : to become tired of something at first pleasurable
< pall of too much music >
transitive verb
1. obsolete : to make faint or fainthearted : daunt, appall
2.
a. obsolete : to cause (wine or beer) to become flat
b. : to cause (something pleasurable) to become insipid
< reason and reflection … pall all his enjoyments — Francis Atterbury >
3. : to deprive (as a person or his senses) of pleasure in something usually by cloying or satiating
< the choicest delicacies pall the stomach in time >
Synonyms: see satiate
IV. noun
(-s)
Etymology: pall (III)
obsolete : nausea, qualm
V.
variant of pawl |