pale

v. blanch, whiten; become less important; make a fence around

adj. colorless, pallid; weak; white

n. lack of luster or color; fence; fence stake; bordered territory

A pale is a territory or jurisdiction (possibly non-territorial) under a given authority, or the limits of such a jurisdiction. The term was often used in cases where the territory or jurisdiction outside the pale was considered hostile.The most famous pale was in Ireland in the 14th and 15th centuries, and was known simply as  the Pale, or as the English Pale. This was a region in a radius of twenty miles around Dublin which the English gradually fortified against incursion from Gaelic Ireland.Other pales include:The region around Calais while it was under English dominion (surrounded by hostile French territory). The Pale of Settlement, an area in the western portions of Tsarist Russia, in which Jews were permitted to settle.
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Pale, adj in Chinese medicine, a facial coloration indicative of low energy, cold energy, energetic blockages, infections, and echo patterns. [more]Pale - Community and Resources

Noun
1. a wooden strip forming part of a fence
(synonym) picket
(hypernym) strip
(part-holonym) picket fence, paling
Verb
1. turn pale, as if in fear
(synonym) blanch, blench
(hypernym) discolor, discolour, colour, color
(derivation) lividness, lividity, luridness, paleness, pallidness, pallor, wanness, achromasia
Adjective
1. very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
(similar) light, light-colored
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"
(synonym) pallid, wan
(similar) weak
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"
(synonym) pallid
(similar) colorless, colourless
4. abnormally deficient in color as suggesting physical or emotional distress; "the pallid face of the invalid"; "her wan face suddenly flushed"
(synonym) pallid, wan
(similar) colorless, colourless
5. not full or rich; "high, pale, pure and lovely song"
(similar) thin

n. blade, vane

adj. pale, wan, ashen; faint, white; colorless, bloodless, sickly