Pale, vb. 1) to enclose, to encompass: “the English beach --s in the flood with men,” H5 V Chor. H5 V Chor. will you p. your head in Henry's glory (i. e. the crown) H6C I, 4, 103. “whate'er the ocean --s or sky enclips,” Ant. II, 7, 74. “stands as Neptune's park, ribbed and --d in with rocks,” Cymb. III, 1, 19.
2) to make pale: “the glow-worm shows the matin to be near and 'gins to p. his uneffectual fire,” Hml. I, 5, 90.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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