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Paleness; pallor.
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A wooden stake; a picket.
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Fence made from wooden stake; palisade.
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(by extension) Limits, bounds (especially before of).
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The bounds of morality, good behaviour or judgment in civilized company, in the phrase beyond the pale.
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A vertical band down the middle of a shield.
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A territory or defensive area within a specific boundary or under a given jurisdiction.
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The jurisdiction (territorial or otherwise) of an authority.
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A cheese scoop.
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A shore for bracing a timber before it is fastened.
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A thin board on which a painter lays and mixes colours.
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The range of colors in a given work or item or body of work.
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A visual selection of colours, tools, commands, etc.
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A plate of armour covering the points of junction at the bend of the shoulders and elbows.
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A plate against which a person presses their breast to give force to a hand-operated drill.
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A portable platform, usually designed to be easily moved by a forklift, on which goods can be stacked, for transport or storage.
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A flat base for combining stores or carrying a single item to form a unit load for handling, transportation, and storage by materials handling equipment.
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(DOD only) 463L pallet – An 88” x 108” aluminum flat base used to facilitate the upload and download of aircraft.
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A straw bed.
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(by extension) A makeshift bed.
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A wooden implement, often oval or round, used by potters, crucible makers, etc., for forming, beating, and rounding their works.
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A potter's wheel.
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(gilding) An instrument used to take up gold leaf from the pillow, and to apply it.
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(gilding) A tool for gilding the backs of books over the bands.
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(brickmaking) A board on which a newly moulded brick is conveyed to the hack.
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A click or pawl for driving a ratchet wheel.
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One of the series of disks or pistons in the chain pump.
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One of the pieces or levers connected with the pendulum of a clock, or the balance of a watch, which receive the immediate impulse of the scape-wheel, or balance wheel.
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In the organ, a valve between the wind chest and the mouth of a pipe or row of pipes.
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One of a pair of shelly plates that protect the siphon tubes of certain bivalves, such as the Teredo.
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A cup containing three ounces, formerly used by surgeons.