pall
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- In capstans, and other machines, there is a mechanical device, with which every person is acquainted, termed a pall or catch, by which the work gained in the effort last made shall be secured, and the machine prevented from turning back again. — The Lieutenant and Commander
- The flag under which he fought at Algiers was used for a pall, and a young oak, to bear his name, was planted near the grave; a suitable memorial for a British seaman. — The Life of Admiral Viscount Exmouth
- She felt him like a pall, and she could not shake him off. — Morgawr
- She'd had a series of small hateful dreams which still hung over her like a pall, and made her feel restless and un easy. — The Tycoon's Mistress
- The bachelor life began to pall, as did the cycling circuit. — Laura's Baby
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This pall was a matter of 100 marks (say £2,000 of our money).
— Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England -
Part of the pall was already turned back.
— A Love Story - Out of that pall, appearing gradually, as he had appeared out of the silver of that moonlit April night, came Jimmy White, cruising up Jefferson in his Ford pickup, slowing down hardly at all at the stop sign and then, swinging left on DeWitt with a scratch of rubber on dirt without even waiting for the car coming the other way (which had the right of way), and it was a good thing for Jimmy that Sheriff Wallace was not around that day, but then again it really did not matter whether he was around or not, for Sheriff Wallace was a first cousin of Vinty White, Jimmy's father, and Sheriff Wallace would have had no more luck writing Jimmy a traffic citation than Greta would have had convincing anyone that Jimmy had come to her bedroom window scratching like her cat wanting to be let in. — In Celebration Of Lammas Night
- Is death worse than oppression, slavery and ultimate destruction? " — The Hour of the Dragon
- There had never been crueller words. — Bush Doctor's Bride