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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
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