palls

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third-person singular of pall
plural of , pall
pall
Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes
pall
A heavy canvas, especially laid over a coffin or tomb

Thirty years or so later, a woman was put to death for stealing the purple pall from his sarcophagus, a strange, crazy crime,.

pall
to make dull by satiety
pall
{n} a clock of state, a covering for the dead
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{v} to cloak, hide, cloy, weaken, grow vapid
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get tired of something or somebody
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To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken
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Same as Pallium
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To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls
pall
A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church
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lose sparkle or bouquet; "wine and beer can pall"
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A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; used to put over the chalice
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burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
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An outer garment; a cloak mantle
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If something palls, it becomes less interesting or less enjoyable after a period of time. Already the allure of meals in restaurants had begun to pall
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cause to become flat; "pall the beer"
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Nausea
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the covering thrown over a coffin, is the Latin pallium, a square piece of cloth used by the Romans to throw over their shoulders, or to cover them in bed; hence a coverlet Pall, the long sweeping robe, is the Roman palla, worn only by princes and women of honest fame This differed greatly from the pallium, which was worn by freemen and slaves, soldiers, and philosophers “Sometimes let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by ” Milton: Il Peuseroso
pall
Same as Pawl
pall
A cloth used to cover the casket The expression "pallbearers" refers to those who carry the cloth and/or the casket
pall
To cloak
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become less interesting or attractive cause to become flat; "pall the beer"
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A stiffened corporal with an insert to be used to cover the Chalice
pall
If a pall of smoke hangs over a place, there is a thick cloud of smoke above it. A pall of oily black smoke drifted over the cliff-top
pall
become less interesting or attractive
pall
a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb
pall
{i} coffin, casket; piece of cloth used to cover a coffin; covering that produces a dark or gloomy effect, shroud
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A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y
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cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal"
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To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite
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If something unpleasant casts a pall over an event or occasion, it makes it less enjoyable than it should be. The unrest has cast a pall over what is usually a day of national rejoicing. if something palls, it becomes less interesting or enjoyable because you have experienced it before (appal)
pall
A heavy canvas laid over a coffin or tomb
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cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing; "Too much spicy food cloyed his appetite"
pall
(Gr Omophorion) One of the bishop's vestments, made of a band of brocade worn about the neck and around the shoulders It signifies the Good Shepherd and the spiritual authority of a bishop
pall
cover with a pall
pall
A large cloth, esp
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hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
pall
a sudden numbing dread
pall
A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages
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{f} tire, make weary; bore, cause ennui
pall
burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped
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Pallium Pannage Papal Schism Passage Paten Pax (Kiss of Peace) Precantor Premonstratensian Canons Prime Private masses Psalter Pyx
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lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring, insipid, or tiresome (to); "the course palled on her"
palls

    Etymology

    [ 'pol ] (verb.) 14th century. Middle English, short for appallen to become pale; more at APPALL.
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