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paling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | picket fence |
| Type of | fence, fencing |
Examples of paling
paling
Using a drill, screw a paling to the post and the other end to a peg in the ground.
From the nzherald.co.nz
The altars eventually crumbled, soaking up rain and paling in the sun.
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The guys have been playing bingo, and paling around with the residents.
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Symptoms are a general paling and stiffening of the pinnae which lose their glossy lustre.
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Webs are common in the corners of window frames and on paling fences.
From the smh.com.au
The margin was small, paling in comparison to Romney's 52-point victory in the first debate.
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You could understand if LinkedIn was just paling next to Facebook.
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Initially, it seemed as plausible as her hooking up with Kanye West and him paling around with Miley Cyrus.
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We spend thousands on renovating or building houses and end up looking straight out to paling fences.
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- Picket fence: a fence made of upright pickets
- Paling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- (Palings) mindless sympathisers; or those surrounding oneself preventing proper introspection and meta-thought; mental delusions (or railings) that protect against the crushing reality that would reveal ones own incompetence
- (Palings) Narrow vertical boards or stakes forming an open boarded gate or fence.
- Thin timber close-boarding split or sawn, fixed to a timber frame to form a fence.
- Picket: a wooden strip forming part of a fence
- Turn pale, as if in fear
- Very light colored; highly diluted with white; "pale seagreen"; "pale blue eyes"
- (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble; "the pale light of a half moon"; "a pale sun"; "the late afternoon light coming through the el tracks fell in pale oblongs on the street"; "a pallid sky"; "the pale (or wan) stars"; "the wan light of dawn"
