Pales
[peilz]
Definition
n. an ancient Roman divinity of flocks.—n. Palil′ia the festival of Pales held on April 21 the traditional date of the founding of Rome.
Editor: Wilma
Examples
- Compress t he large vein entering the heart, and the part intervening between the point of constriction and the heart becomes empty and the organ pales and shrinks. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It distressed her a little, and she was quite glad to find herself at the gate in the pales opposite the Parsonage. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- The garden sloping to the road, the house standing in it, the green pales, and the laurel hedge, everything declared they were arriving. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
Editor: Wilma