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Definition of 'palewise'English
Adverb
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(heraldry|archaic) In the manner of pales, divided by perpendicular lines.
* 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.120:
- Sheer limestone cliffs rose cannellate and palewise and laced with caves where small forktailed birds set forth against a sky reaching blue and moteless to the sun itself.
Synonyms
* paleways
Similar to 'palewise'pillage, poleaxe, pelisse, pellage, playhouse, polyache, pelehouse, poolhouse, plushie, paillasse, palliasse, pealike, pielike, placque, polyose, pewlike, pollage, peelhouse, palesie, pawlike, pleeease
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