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pall

1  [pawl]
–noun
1. a cloth, often of velvet, for spreading over a coffin, bier, or tomb.
2. a coffin.
3. anything that covers, shrouds, or overspreads, esp. with darkness or gloom.
4. Ecclesiastical.
a. pallium (def. 2b).
b. a linen cloth or a square cloth-covered piece of cardboard used to cover a chalice.
5. Heraldry. pairle.
6. Archaic. a cloth spread upon an altar; corporal.
7. Archaic. a garment, esp. a robe, cloak, or the like.
–verb (used with object)
8. to cover with or as with a pall.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE pæll pope's pallium < L pallium cloak

Related forms:
pall-like, adjective

Synonyms:
3. shadow, melancholy, oppression.

pall

2  [pawl]
–verb (used without object)
1. to have a wearying or tiresome effect (usually fol. by on or upon).
2. to become distasteful or unpleasant.
3. to become satiated or cloyed with something.
–verb (used with object)
4. to satiate or cloy.
5. to make dull, distasteful, or unpleasant.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME pallen; aph. var. of appall

Synonyms:
4. glut, sate, surfeit.

pairle

  [pairl, perl]
–noun Heraldry.
a device representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium, consisting of a broad Y-shaped form covered with crosses.
Also called pall.

Origin:
< F, prob. alter. of OF paile pall 1 ;
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pall 1   (pôl)   
n.  

  1. A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet.

  2. A coffin, especially one being carried to a grave or tomb.

    1. A covering that darkens or obscures: a pall of smoke over the city.

    2. A gloomy effect or atmosphere: "A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 1916" (W. Bruce Lincoln).

    3. A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.

    4. See pallium.

  4. Ecclesiastical

    1. A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.

    2. See pallium.

tr.v.   palled, pall·ing, palls
To cover with or as if with a pall.

[Middle English pal, from Old English pæll, cloak, covering, from Latin pallium.]
pall 2   (pôl)   
v.   palled, pall·ing, palls

v.   intr.

  1. To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.

  2. To have a dulling, wearisome, or boring effect.

  3. To become cloyed or satiated.

v.   tr.

  1. To cloy; satiate.

  2. To make vapid or wearisome.


[Middle English pallen, to grow feeble, probably short for appallen; see appall.]
pal·li·um   (pāl'ē-əm)   
n.   pl. pal·li·ums or pal·li·a (pāl'ē-ə)

  1. A cloak or mantle worn by the ancient Greeks and Romans.

  2. Ecclesiastical A vestment worn by the pope and conferred by him on archbishops and sometimes on bishops. Also called pall1.

    1. The mantle of gray matter forming the cerebral cortex.

    2. The mantle of a mollusk, brachiopod, or bird.


[Latin.]
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Word Origin & History

pall  (n.)
O.E. pæll "rich cloth, cloak, altar cloth," from L. pallium "cloak, covering," in Tertullian, the garment worn by Christians instead of the Roman toga; related to pallo "robe, cloak," palla "long upper garment of Roman women," perhaps from the root of pellis "skin." Notion of "cloth spread over a coffin" (c.1440) led to fig. sense of "dark, gloomy mood" (1742).

pall  (v.)
"become tiresome," 1700, from M.E. pallen "to become faint, fail in strength" (1390), aphetic form of appallen "to dismay, fill with horror or disgust" (see appall).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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