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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: pall (0.00969 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to pall.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: pall
pall
v 1: become less interesting or attractive [syn:
dull]
2: cause to lose courage;
“dashed by the refusal” [syn:
daunt,
dash,
scare off,
frighten off,
scare away,
frighten away
,
scare]
3: cover with a pall
4: cause surfeit through excess though initially pleasing;
“Too
much spicy food cloyed his appetite” [syn:
cloy]
5: cause to become flat;
“pall the beer”
6: lose sparkle or bouquet;
“wine and beer can pall” [syn:
die,
become flat]
7: lose strength or effectiveness; become or appear boring,
insipid, or tiresome (to);
“the course palled on her”
8: get tired of something or somebody [syn:
tire,
weary,
fatigue,
jade]
pall
n 1: a sudden numbing dread [syn:
chill]
2: burial garment in which a corpse is wrapped [syn:
shroud,
cerement,
winding-sheet,
winding-clothes]
3: hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)
[syn:
curtain,
drape,
drapery,
mantle]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: pall
Pawl
\Pawl\, n. [W. pawl a pole, a stake. Cf.
Pole a stake.]
(Mach.)
A pivoted tongue, or sliding bolt, on one part of a machine,
adapted to fall into notches, or interdental spaces, on
another part, as a ratchet wheel, in such a manner as to
permit motion in one direction and prevent it in the reverse,
as in a windlass; a catch, click, or detent. See Illust. of
Ratchet Wheel. [Written also
paul, or
pall.]
[1913 Webster]
Pawl bitt (Naut.), a heavy timber, set abaft the windlass,
to receive the strain of the pawls.
Pawl rim or
Pawl ring (Naut.), a stationary metallic ring
surrounding the base of a capstan, having notches for the
pawls to catch in.
[1913 Webster]
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