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Pall Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Pall? [n] hanging cloth used as a blind [n] burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [n] a sudden numbing dread [v] get tired of something or somebody [v] lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her" [v] become less interesting or attractive [v] lose sparkle or bouquet, as of wine or beer; "pall" is an obsolete word [v] cause to become flat, of beer or wine [v] cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite" [v] cover with a pall [v] cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Pall: become flat \| cerement \| chill \| cloy \| curtain \| dash \| daunt \| die \| drape \| drapery \| dull \| fatigue \| frighten away \| frighten off \| jade \| mantle \| scare \| scare away \| scare off \| shroud \| tire \| weary \| winding-clothes \| winding-sheet Related Terms \| Find terms related to Pall: allay \| bamboo curtain \| barrier of secrecy \| be infinitely repetitive \| be tedious \| blackout \| blanket \| bore \| censorship \| cerecloth \| cerements \| cloak \| cloth \| cloy \| coat \| cold water \| cover \| coverage \| covering \| covert \| coverture \| cowl \| cowling \| cram \| curtain \| damper \| disgust \| drag on \| drape \| drapery \| engorge \| ennui \| fatigue \| fill \| fill up \| glut \| go on forever \| gorge \| graveclothes \| guise \| hanging \| hood \| housing \| hush-up \| irk \| iron curtain \| ironbound security \| irritate \| jade \| mantle \| mask \| oath of secrecy \| official secrecy \| overdose \| overfeed \| overfill \| overgorge \| oversaturate \| overstuff \| repression \| sate \| satiate \| satisfy \| saturate \| screen \| seal of secrecy \| security \| shelter \| shield \| shroud \| sicken \| slake \| smothering \| stall \| stifling \| stodge \| stuff \| supersaturate \| suppression \| surfeit \| tire \| tire to death \| veil \| veil of secrecy \| vestment \| wear \| wear on \| weary \| wet blanket \| winding sheet \| wraps See Also \| alter \| apprehension \| apprehensiveness \| blind \| burial garment \| change \| conk out \| cover \| degenerate \| deteriorate \| dread \| drop \| drop \| drop cloth \| drop curtain \| festoon \| fill \| furnishings \| intimidate \| pall \| peter out \| poop out \| portiere \| replete \| restrain \| retire \| run down \| run out \| sate \| satiate \| screen \| shower curtain \| theater curtain \| theatre curtain \| weaken \| withdraw Pall In Webster's Dictionary \Pall\, n. Same as {Pawl}. \Pall\, n. [OE. pal, AS. p[ae]l, from L. pallium cover, cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. palla robe, mantle.] 1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle. His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold. --Spenser. 2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] --Wyclif (Esther viii. 15). 3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as {Pallium}. About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into England, -- the one for London, the other for York. --Fuller. 4. (Her.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y. 5. A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb. Warriors carry the warrior's pall. --Tennyson. 6. (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice. \Pall\, v. t. To cloak. [R.] --Shak \Pall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Palled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Palling}.] [Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. p[^a]lir to grow pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Pale}, a.] To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls. Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense. --Addisin. \Pall\, v. t. 1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken. --Chaucer. Reason and reflection . . . pall all his enjoyments. --Atterbury. 2. To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite. \Pall\, n. Nausea. [Obs.] --Shaftesbury.

Pall Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pall?

[n] hanging cloth used as a blind
[n] burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
[n] a sudden numbing dread
[v] get tired of something or somebody
[v] lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
[v] become less interesting or attractive
[v] lose sparkle or bouquet, as of wine or beer; "pall" is an obsolete word
[v] cause to become flat, of beer or wine
[v] cause surfeit through excess, of something that was initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
[v] cover with a pall
[v] cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"

Pall In Webster's Dictionary

\Pall\, n.
Same as {Pawl}.


\Pall\, n. [OE. pal, AS. p[ae]l, from L. pallium cover,
cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. palla robe, mantle.]
1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle.

         His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold.
                                               --Spenser.

2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages.
   [Obs.] --Wyclif (Esther viii. 15).

3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as {Pallium}.

         About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's
         palls into England, -- the one for London, the other
         for York.                             --Fuller.

4. (Her.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or
   pall, and having the form of the letter Y.

5. A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a
   coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb.

         Warriors carry the warrior's pall.    --Tennyson.

6. (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and
   embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.


\Pall\, v. t.
To cloak. [R.] --Shak


\Pall\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Palled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Palling}.] [Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. p[^a]lir
to grow pale. Cf. {Appall}, {Pale}, a.]
To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose
strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.

      Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover, Fades in the
      eye, and palls upon the sense.           --Addisin.


\Pall\, v. t.
1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless;
   to dull; to weaken. --Chaucer.

         Reason and reflection . . . pall all his enjoyments.
                                               --Atterbury.

2. To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.


\Pall\, n.
Nausea. [Obs.] --Shaftesbury.

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