paleess.html - See: BEYOND THE PALE.

paleess.html - {adj. phr.}, {slang} Pale-faced from fear or sickness; sickly; nauseated. * /Bill's father took him for a ride in his boat while the waves were rough, and when he came back he was green around the gills./ * /The car almost hit Mary crossing the street, and she was pale around the gills because it came so close./ - Also used with other prepositions besides "around", as "about", "at", "under", and with other colors, as "blue", "pink", "yellow", "white".

paleess.html - See: GREEN AROUND THE GILLS.

paleess.html - adj. & v.
--adj.

1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance.
2 a (of a colour) faint; not dark or deep. b faintly coloured.
3 of faint lustre; dim.

--v.

1 intr. & tr. grow or make pale.
2 intr. (often foll. by before, beside) become feeble in comparison (with).

palely adv. paleness n. palish adj. [ME f. OF pale, palir f. L pallidus f. pallere be pale]

paleess.html - n.
1 a pointed piece of wood for fencing etc.; a stake.
2 a boundary or enclosed area.
3 Heraldry a vertical stripe in the middle of a shield.

beyond the pale outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour. in pale Heraldry arranged vertically. [ME f. OF pal f. L palus stake]

paleess.html - n.
(pl. paleae) Bot. a chafflike bract, esp. in a flower of grasses. [L, = chaff]