pall

(pôl)

1. A cover for a coffin, bier, or tomb, often made of black, purple, or white velvet.
2. A coffin, especially one being carried to a grave or tomb.
3. a. A covering that darkens or obscures: a pall of smoke over the city.
   b. A gloomy effect or atmosphere: “A pall of depressed indifference hung over Petrograd during February and March 1916” (W. Bruce Lincoln).
4. Ecclesiastical
   a. A linen cloth or a square of cardboard faced with cloth used to cover the chalice.
   b. See pallium.

(pôl)

1. To become insipid, boring, or wearisome.
2. To have a dulling, wearisome, or boring effect.
3. To become cloyed or satiated.

1. To cloy; satiate.
2. To make vapid or wearisome.