Definition of "pale" []

• A stake or pointed stick; a picket. (noun)
• A fence enclosing an area. (noun)
• The area enclosed by a fence or boundary. (noun)
• A region or district lying within an imposed boundary or constituting a separate jurisdiction. (noun)
• The medieval dominions of the English in Ireland. Used with the. (noun)

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• "The difference cannot be that our language contains a single word (˜man™) for a rational animal, but no single word for a pale man, for Aristotle has already conceded (1029b28) that we might very well have had a single term (he suggests himation, literally ˜cloak™) for a pale man, but that would still not make the formula ˜pale man™ a definition nor pale man an essence (1030a2)."
• "The class of beings signified by a universal term of this sort is indeed prior to the universal term, e.g., the class of pale things to the universal term ˜pale™."
• "But even if unorthodox, and pro-Executive, and aggressive, readings of the law are in some cases permissible, what should be beyond the pale is acting in accord with a body of secret law. continue reading ..."