v. t. To cloak. [ R. ] Shak [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. pal, AS. pæl, from L. pallium cover, cloak, mantle, pall; cf. L. palla robe, mantle. ] 1. An outer garment; a cloak mantle. [ 1913 Webster ]

His lion's skin changed to a pall of gold. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A kind of rich stuff used for garments in the Middle Ages. [ Obs. ] Wyclif (Esther viii. 15). [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (R. C. Ch.) Same as Pallium. [ 1913 Webster ]

About this time Pope Gregory sent two archbishop's palls into England, -- the one for London, the other for York. Fuller. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Her.) A figure resembling the Roman Catholic pallium, or pall, and having the form of the letter Y. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb. [ 1913 Webster ]

Warriors carry the warrior's pall. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Eccl.) A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side; -- used to put over the chalice. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Pawl. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Palled p. pr. & vb. n. Palling. ] [ Either shortened fr. appall, or fr. F. pâlir to grow pale. Cf. Appall, Pale, a. ] To become vapid, tasteless, dull, or insipid; to lose strength, life, spirit, or taste; as, the liquor palls. [ 1913 Webster ]

Beauty soon grows familiar to the lover,
Fades in the eye, and palls upon the sense. Addisin. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull; to weaken. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Reason and reflection . . . pall all his enjoyments. Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To satiate; to cloy; as, to pall the appetite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Nausea. [ Obs. ] Shaftesbury. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L. See Pall a cloak. ] (Rom. Antiq.) An oblong rectangular piece of cloth, worn by Roman ladies, and fastened with brooches. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. a. [ From Pallas, Athena. ] 1. Of or pertaining to the Greek goddess Athena, also called Pallas. [ PJC ]

2. Pertaining to wisdom or knowledge; -- Athena being the goddess of wisdom. [ PJC ]

prop. a. (Arch.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a variety of the revived classic style of architecture, founded on the works of Andrea Palladio, an Italian architect of the 16th century; as, a Palladian window. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Arch.) A follower of the architectural style of Andrea Palladio. [ PJC ]