Pallid, faded, sickly; unusually or unhealthily pale. Most frequently applied to the human face (or to things with conscious metaphor from this…

(Used, in reference to the colour of wood ashes, to express excessive pallor of the countenance.) Hence the phrase pale as ashes, and ashes used…

A pale, yellowish-white face; hence, a person having such a face: a term of contempt.

figurative. Applied to persons or things of exceptional whiteness, fairness, or purity; e.g. a fair lady; the white of a beautiful complexion (sin…

a person's face likened to the appearance or consistency of suet, in being pallid, waxen, plump, etc.