Pall

PALL, sb.1 and v.1 Sc. Also written paal Sh.&Ork.1
Cai.1; paul n.Sc. (Jam.) [pāl.] 1. sb. A post or large
pole; a mooring-post; a fixture against which the feet are
planted when one is pulling horizontally.
Sh.&Ork.1, n.Sc. (Jam.), Cai.1 Frf. A vessel cam in a'tween the
heads ─ they threw ashore a rope round the pall, Sands Poems
(1833) 143.
2. v. To get a purchase by planting the feet against a
post or other fixture.
Sh.I. I pall'd me fit at da wa', an', trow put an' row, I got his
mooth open'd, Sh. News (Nov. 24, 1900). Or.I. To paal he
gloamered for a stool, Ellis Pronunc. (1889) V. 797.
3. Of a horse: to strike with the fore-feet. Slk. (Jam.)
[1. Norw. dial. paale, a post (Aasen); Sw. påle (Widegren).]
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PALL, sb.2 Nhb. Shr. Also written paul- Shr.2 [pāl.]

1. A windlass with a cowl-shaped top for supplying a
   mine with air; a ‘cow.’ Richardson Borderer's Table-bk.
   (1846) V. 245. 2. Comp. Paul-windlas, a small windlass
   used to raise or lower the mast of a barge placed on
   the poop of the vessel. Shr.2
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   PALL, sb.3 Obs. Sc. Also in form pa'. A rich or
   fine cloth.
   Knights of great renown, And ladies, laced in pall, Scott
   Minstrelsy (1802) IV. 160, ed. 1848; An she was dressd i the
   finest pa, Gill Brenton in Child Pop. Ballads (1882) I. 68.
   [Þar couertours... And all þar pauillions of pall, Wars
   Alex. (c. 1450) 4178. OFr. pale, ‘drap’ (Roquefort).]
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   PALL, v.2 and sb.4 Sc. n.Cy. Nhb. Yks. Also written
   paal Sh.&Ork.1 Nhb.1; parl e.Lth.; paul Sc. Bnff. N.Cy.1
   Nhb.1 [pāl, pǭl, pǫəl.] 1. v. To puzzle, baffle, bring to
   a standstill.
   Sh.I. Hoo da scoondril haed da impidence ta come inta my
   hoose for sic a purpose pauls me, Clark N. Gleams (1898) 95;
   Fader bliss me as A'm pall'd what haand ta turn me til, Sh. News
   (Mar. 30, 1901); Sh.&Ork.1 Or.I. Fu' sairly palt was he, Ellis
   Pronunc. (1889) V. 792. Cai.1 Bnff.1 That riddle pault thim a'.
   Abd. Some boxie wi' a puzzlin' kick That pauls the lasses to get
   aff the sneck, Walker Bards Bon-Accord (1887) 458. N.Cy.1
   n.Yks.2 It palls me. m.Yks.1, w.Yks. (C.C.R.)
   Hence (1) Palled, ppl. adj. puzzled; (2) Paller, sb. a
   staggering blow; a rude shock; something which causes
   astonishment.
   (1) e.Lth. Sair she dreads her parl'd brain, This yarn will mak'
   a mess o't, Mucklebackit Rhymes (1885) 56. (2) Nhb. Maw
   sarties! but he gat a pauler, Midford Coll. Sngs. (1818) 30; Nhb.1
   
2. To surpass; esp. in phr. that palls all, that beats
   everything. Bnff.1 That pauls a'. Nhb. (R.O.H.)
   
3. sb. A puzzle. Cai.1, Bnff.1
   [1. An aphetic form of liter. E. appal, to shock, discomfit.]
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   PALL, v.3 Lin.1 [pǭl.] To satiate, surfeit.
   You will pall him with good things.
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   PALL, v.4 Obs. Dev. To turn pale.
   (Hall.); Dev.1 Mercy, how her hath a pall'd when her
   hath come athort any of es playthings, 41, ed. Palmer.