Pale

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PALE, sb.1 Sc. Yks. Not. Lin. Hrf. Oxf. Suf. Dor. Dev. Also written pail e.Yks.; and in form piale Dor.1 [pēl, peəl.] 1. A rail; a bar of a gate or hurdle; one of the upright bars of a paling. e.Yks. Nicholson Flk-Sp. (1889) 76. n.Lin.1, nw.Dev.1 2. Comp. Pale-gate, a gate made with ‘pales’ placed in a vertical position on a frame. Dev. You'll dome to a pale gate, N. & Q. (1877) 5th S. vii. 26. 3. Earth turned up by the plough; see below. Hrf. The plough goes along the former furrow and raises a second deep furrow which is thrown on the top of the first, raising thereby a pale, Marshall Review Agric. (1818) II. 285. 4. An enclosure for cattle. Lin. (Hall.) 5. pl. A paling. Fif. The flude o' Papists brak The pales, and pour'd, wi' crash and crack, On the rink-room their creishy pack, Tennant Papistry (1827) 152. Ayr. Some day ye may gnaw your nails,.. That ere ye brak Diana's pales, Burns Dream, st. 10. Not. The park pales (J.H.B.); Not.1 n.Lin.1 That grew o' thine jumpt cleän oher th' paales, an' was awaay ageän by that. Oxf. (G.O.) Suf. That booey would get up on they pales and now they've bin an' bruk, e.An. Dy. Times (1892). Dor.1

PALE, sb.2 Sc. A faucet. Lnk. Settin' every cock an' pale In ready key for pourin', Watson Poems (1853) 40.

PALE, v. and sb.3 Obs. or obsol. Sc. Also in form pele (Jam.). 1. v. To puncture; to tap for the dropsy. n.Sc. (Jam.) 2. To test cheese by taking a sample. Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. The cheese he pales; He prives, it's good ca's for the scales, Ramsay Poems (ed. 1733) 230. Edb. I believe I paled fifteen [cheeses] in Joseph Gowdy's shop, Moir Mansie Wauch (1828) vii. 3. sb. A small, pointed, circular scoop, used in testing and tasting cheese. Sc. (Jam.) Lnk. I'se gie a cheese O' twa stane weight, the very wale, To try it ye may bring a pale, Muir Minstrelsy (1816) 46.

PALE, see Pail, v., Peal, v., Peel, sb.13, v.1

PALE, sb.1 1. s.Lan.1

‡PALE, sb. Edb. Meaning unknown. [ ? Misprint for pate.] I'll pour on thy pale, a pot of good ale, Laughing like us, at ev'ry mail, Pennecuik Helicon (1720) 66.