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pall
Noun
  • Fine cloth, especially purple cloth used for robes. archaic
  • A cloth used for various purposes on the altar in a church. Christianity
  • A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice. Christianity
  • A pallium (woollen vestment in Roman Catholicism). Christianity
  • A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y. heraldry
  • A heavy canvas, especially one laid over a coffin or tomb.
  • An outer garment; a cloak or mantle.
  • nausea obsolete
  • A feeling of gloom.
Verb
  • To cloak.
Verb
  • To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken. transitive
  • To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste. intransitive