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Impalement \Im*pale"ment\, n.
1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
--Byron.
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2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
--H. Brooke.
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3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] --Milton.
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4. (Her.) The division of a shield palewise, or by a vertical
line, esp. for the purpose of putting side by side the
arms of husband and wife. See {Impale}, 3.
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Empalement \Em*pale"ment\, n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler.
See {Empale}.] [Written also {impalement}.]
1. A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
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2. A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through
the body.
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3. (Her.) Same as {Impalement}.
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