2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.

Impale him with your weapons round about.

Shak.

Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire.

Milton.

3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence,

to join in honorable mention.

Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and

impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof.

Fuller.

Im*pale"ment (?), n. 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being

impaled. Byron.

2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. H.

Brooke.

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