pall

[pall]

A pall was originally a coffin’s cloak. Now pall usually means that an event or situation is literally or figuratively covered in gloom, like disappointing news that casts a pall on your day.

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Same as Pawl.

Noun
hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

Noun
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped

Noun
a sudden numbing dread

Verb
get tired of something or somebody

Verb
lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"

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Verb
become less interesting or attractive

Verb
lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"

Verb
cause to become flat; "pall the beer"

Verb
cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"

Verb
cover with a pall

Verb
cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"


n.
Same as Pawl.

n.
An outer garment; a cloak mantle.

n.
A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages.

n.
Same as Pallium.

n.
A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y.

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

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

v. t.
To cloak.

a.
To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.

v. t.
To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.

v. t.
To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite.

n.
Nausea.


Pall

Pall , n. Same as Pawl.

Pall

Pall, n. [OE. pal, AS. p'91l, 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.
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.
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.
6. (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice.

Pall

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

Pall

Pall, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Palled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Palling.] [Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. p'83lir 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.

Pall

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

Pall

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

Same as Pawl.

An outer garment; a cloak mantle.

To cloak.

To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls.

To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken.

Nausea.

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