Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pale \Pale\, v. t.
   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.

Pale \Pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Paled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Paling}.]
   To turn pale; to lose color or luster. --Whittier.

         Apt to pale at a trodden worm.           --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.

Pale \Pale\, v. t.
   To make pale; to diminish the brightness of.

         The glow?worm shows the matin to be near, And gins to
         pale his uneffectual fire.               --Shak.

Pale \Pale\, n. [F. pal, fr. L. palus: cf. D. paal. See {Pol?} a
   stake, and lst {Pallet}.]
   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. ``Within one pale or hedge.''
      --Robynson (More's Utopia).

   3. A space or field having bounds or limits; a limited region
      or place; an inclosure; -- often used figuratively. ``To
      walk the studious cloister's pale.'' --Milton. ``Out of
      the pale of civilization.'' --Macaulay.

   4. A stripe or band, as on a garment. --Chaucer.

   5. (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.

   6. A cheese scoop. --Simmonds.

   7. (Shipbuilding) A shore for bracing a timber before it is
      fastened.

   {English pale} (Hist.), the limits or territory within which
      alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for
      a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172.
      --Spencer.

Pale \Pale\, a. [Compar. {Paler}; superl. {Palest}.] [F.
   p[^a]le, fr. p[^a]lir to turn pale, L. pallere to be o? look
   pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Fallow}, {pall}, v. i., {Pallid}.]
   1. Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as,
      a pale face; a pale red; a pale blue. ``Pale as a forpined
      ghost.'' --Chaucer.

            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.

   Note: Pale is often used in the formation of self-explaining
         compounds; as, pale-colored, pale-eyed, pale-faced,
         pale-looking, etc.

Pale \Pale\, n.
   Paleness; pallor. [R.] --Shak.

Source : WordNet®

pale
     adj 1: very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale
            seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
     2: (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" [syn: {pallid},
         {wan}]
     3: lacking in vitality or interest or effectiveness; "a pale
        rendition of the aria"; "pale prose with the faint
        sweetness of lavender"; "a pallid performance" [syn: {pallid}]
     4: abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or
        emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her
        wan face suddenly flushed" [syn: {pallid}, {wan}]
     5: not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"

pale
     n : a wooden strip forming part of a fence [syn: {picket}]

pale
     v : turn pale, as if in fear [syn: {blanch}, {blench}]