These chemicals were used as refrigerants in air conditioners and refrigerators / freezers. They were used as propellants in cleaners, room deodorizers, furniture polishes, ha â¦ ir spray, perfumes and more. They were used as blowing agents in the production of styrofoam, foam rubber, and more.
paleâ¢ness, n. [uncountable] pale 2 /peÉªl/ USA pronunciation n. a stake or picket, as of a fence. limits; bounds: outside the pale of my jurisdiction. Idioms. Idioms beyond the pale, beyond the limits of proper behavior, courtesy, etc.: Holding children hostage for political purposes is behavior beyond the pale.
From pale (âjurisdiction of an authority, territory under an authority's jurisdictionâ), suggesting that anything outside the authority's jurisdiction was uncivilized. The phrase was in use by the mid-17th century, and may be a reference to the general sense of boundary, but is often understood to refer specifically to the English Pale in Ireland. In the nominally English territory of Ireland, only the Pale fell genuinely under the authority of English law, hence the terms within the pale and beyond the pale. The boundary of the Ashdown Forest (a royal hunting forest) was also known as the Pale, consisting of a paled fence and a ditch inside, to allow deer to jump in, but not back out. Prepositional phrase . beyond the pale. Used other than as an idiom: beyond the extent or limits (of the thing named).