| 释义 |
† palew, a. (n.) Obs.
Also pallew.
[app. a derivative of pale a.; but the nature of the formation is obscure. The later authors appear simply to follow Recorde.]
Light or pale yellow.
1547Recorde Judic. Ur. viii. 31 Palew and lyght safferne..are the best coloures. Ibid. 32. Ibid. 66 b, After it followyth pallew, which is a kynde of light yellow, sum thing lyghter in colour then Crowne golde. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass 108 The first is vitellina bilis of the colour of an egge yolke generated of palew choler. 1625Hart Anat. Ur. ii. iii. 62 This colour is called..Subrufus, subaureus, or subcroceus: in English, palew, or light saffron. |