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Definition of Pall
Pronunciation: pạld | n. | 1. | Same as Pawl. | | 1. | An outer garment; a cloak mantle. | | 2. | A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. | | 3. | (R. C. Ch.) Same as Pallium. | | 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. | | 6. | (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; - used to put over the chalice. | | v. t. | 1. | To cloak. | | v. i. | 1. | To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls. | | v. t. | 1. | To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken. | | 2. | To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite. | | n. | 1. | Nausea. |
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