Dictionaries / M-W2 / "9th" Collegiate / OED
Thanks for the link to this excellent article. People might want to see my remarks at "M-W2: also see - GPP 13/August/03", under the main posting "Pale (with a capital P) as in "..Russian Jews from the Pale.." - janes_kid 09/August/03", below on this page, and the question I posted there.