pall
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pall1 /pɔːl/
▶noun
- 1 a cloth spread over a coffin, hearse, or tomb.
- 2 a dark cloud of smoke, dust, etc.
- 3 an enveloping air of gloom or fear.
- 4 an ecclesiastical pallium.
■ Heraldry a Y-shaped charge representing the front of an ecclesiastical pallium.
– origin OE pæll ‘rich (purple) cloth, cloth cover for a chalice’, from L. pallium ‘covering, cloak’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pall2 /pɔːl/
▶verb become less appealing or interesting through familiarity.
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