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pal | paly |

As a noun pal

is pole, post.

As an adjective paly is

(heraldry) vertically striped or paly can be (obsolete) pale; lacking colour.

pal

English

(wikipedia PAL)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (television, uncountable) or of (Phase Alternation Line). (TV standard)
  • (electronics, countable) .

    • Derived terms

    * (television) PALplus

    Related terms

    * (electronics) PLA

    See also

    * (television) NTSC , SECAM * (electronics) PIC , FPGA

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)

    • Anagrams

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    paly

    English

    Etymology 1

    Compare (etyl) . See (pale) a stake.

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (heraldry) vertically striped

    • Etymology 2

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) pale; lacking colour
  • * 1593 , , III. ii. 141:
    • Fain would I go to chafe his paly lips / With twenty thousand kisses,
    (Whittier)