See also:PALE (through Fr. See also:pal, from See also:Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the See also:stem pag- of pangere, to See also:fix; " See also:pole " is from the same See also:original source)
, a stake, particularly one of a closely set See also:series driven into the ground to See also:form the defensive See also:work known as a " palisade "; also one of the lighter laths or strips of See also:wood set vertically and fastened to a See also:horizontal See also:rail to form a " paling." Used as an See also:historical See also:term, a See also:pale is a See also:district marked off from the surrounding See also:country by a different See also:system of See also:government and See also:law or by definite boundaries
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The best known of these districts was the " See also:English Pale " in See also:Ireland, dating from the reign of See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry II., although the word " pale " was not used in this connexion until the latter See also:part of the 14th See also:century
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The Pale varied considerably, according to the strength or weakness of the English authorities, and in the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of Henry VIII. was bounded by a See also:line drawls from See also:Dundalk to See also:Kells, thence to Naas, and from Naas E. to See also:Dalkey, embracing, that is, part of the See also:modern counties of See also:Dublin, See also:Louth, See also:Meath, and See also:Kildare
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The Pale existed until the See also:complete subjugation of Ireland under See also:Elizabeth; the use of the word is frequent in Tudor times
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There was an " English Pale " or " See also:Calais Pale " also in See also:France until 1558, extending from See also:Gravelines to Wissant, and for a See also:short time under the Tudors an English Pale in See also:Scotland
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In See also:heraldry a " pale " is a See also:band placed vertically in the centre of a See also:shield, hence " in pale " or " to impale " is used of the marshalling of two coats See also:side by side on a shield divided
vertically
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' Pale," in the sense of colourless, whitish, of a shade of See also:colour lighter than the normal, is derived through O
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Fr. palle, mod. pale, from See also:Lat. pallidus, pallor, pallere; and in that of a See also:baker's See also:shovel, or " See also:peel " as it is sometimes called, from Lat
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Pala, See also:spade, probably connected with the See also:root of pandere, to spread out
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