pale

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He stood in a pool of shadow by a bookcase, plump, pale- faced, round-shouldered, clutching a crossbow in soft powdered hands.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Leaves � to � in. long, rather slender, needle-shaped, sharp-pointed, incurved, pale- or glaucous-green; branchlets smooth.

From Trees of the Northern United States Their Study, Description and Determination by Apgar, A. C. (Austin Craig)

Then we have the "poor, mindless, pale- faced maniac boy," who                  "Rolls his vacant eye To greet the glowing fancies of the sky."

From Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 by Macaulay, Thomas Babington Macaulay, Baron

But my brother, the medicine-man of the pale- faces, says that our traditions have not told us everything.

From Oak Openings by Cooper, James Fenimore

This wonder was heightened by a conversation she overheard one day in the street, between the fool and a little pale- faced boy, who, approaching him respectfully, said, 'Weel, cornel!'

From Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 by MacDonald, George