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paling
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pale \Pale\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Paled (p[=a]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Paling.] To turn pale; to lose color or luster. --Whittier. [1913 Webster] Apt to pale at a trodden worm. --Mrs. Browning. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Paling \Pal"ing\, n.
1. Pales, in general; a fence formed with pales or pickets; a
limit; an inclosure.
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They moved within the paling of order and decorum.
--De Quincey.
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2. The act of placing pales or stripes on cloth; also, the
stripes themselves. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Paling board, one of the slabs sawed from the sides of a
log to fit it to be sawed into boards. [Eng.]
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