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paling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Paling \Pal"ing\, n. 1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a limit; an inclosure. They moved within the paling of order and decorum. --De Quincey. 2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also the stripes themselves. [Obs.] --Chaucer. {Paling board}, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: paling adj : losing color; "the paling photographs" [syn: {fading}] n : a fence made of upright pickets [syn: {picket fence}]
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