mar m, f (plural mares) 1  sea 2008, CÃ©cile Corbel (lyrics and music), âEn la mar [In the Middle of the Sea]]â, in Songbook vol. 2 (CD, in Spanish), Brittany: Keltia Musique, performed by CÃ©cile Corbel: En la mar hay una torre. En la torre una ventana. 2  seaside. ( 3 selenology) lunar mare.
Within the Pale ditch, settlers lived under the protection of the crown. But once you passed the Pale, you were outside the authority and safety of English law, and subject to all the savageries of rural Ireland. Beyond the pale then became a colloquial phrase meaning outside the limits of acceptable behavior or judgment. Also beyond the pale: hipster haircuts. The English made every attempt not to succumb to the culture beyond the pale. Settlers were forbidden to intermarry with the Irish, and it was illegal to speak Gaelic. The woolen mantles worn by Irish peasants had to be exchanged for good English cloaks, and the glib was banned as well.
Although large in size ( approximately 472,590 square miles or 1,224,008 sq km ) , and containing areas of dynamic economic growth , the Pale ( known in Russian as cherta postoiannogo zhitelâstva evreev ; the English word pale was borrowed from the term applied to the area of English settlement in Northern Ireland , where the lands of the â wild ...