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| pall [ pawl ] |
noun (plural palls) |
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1. dark covering: a covering that makes a place dark and gloomy
  a pall of thick black smoke
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2. gloomy atmosphere: a prevailing gloomy mood or oppressive atmosphere
Her departure cast a pall over the weekend.
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3. casket covering: a cloth covering for a casket, bier, hearse, or tomb
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4. funeral casket: a casket, especially when being carried in a funeral
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5. christianity chalice cover: a square cover for a Communion chalice, especially a linen-covered board
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6. christianity
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archaic
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Same as pallium (sense 1)
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7. heraldry heraldic bearing: a heraldic bearing representing an archbishop's pallium in the form of three bands in a Y-shape, charged with crosses
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transitive verb (past and past participle palled, present participle pall·ing, 3rd person present singular palls) |
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cover somebody or something: to cover somebody or something with a pall or with something that resembles a pall
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| [Pre-12th century. < Latin pallium "covering"] |
