pall vs tire

pall

noun
  • A heavy cloth laid over a coffin or tomb; a shroud laid over a corpse. 

  • Something that covers or surrounds like a cloak; in particular, a cloud of dust, smoke, etc., or a feeling of fear, gloom, or suspicion. 

  • A piece of cardboard, covered with linen and embroidered on one side, used to cover the chalice during the Eucharist. 

  • A charge representing an archbishop's pallium, having the form of the letter Y charged with crosses. 

  • Especially in Roman Catholicism: a pallium (“liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble”). 

verb
  • To make vapid or insipid; to make lifeless or spiritless; to dull, to weaken. 

  • To become dull, insipid, tasteless, or vapid; to lose life, spirit, strength, or taste. 

  • To cloak or cover with, or as if with, a pall. 

tire

noun
  • A covering for the head; a headdress. 

  • A tier, row, or rank. 

  • A child's apron covering the upper part of the body, and tied with tape or cord; a pinafore. Also tier. 

verb
  • To bore. 

  • To become sleepy or weary. 

  • To make sleepy or weary. 

  • To become bored or impatient (with). 

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