Definition of impale

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Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

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Empalement :: Empalement (n.) Same as Impalement.
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled..
Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention..
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed..
Spit :: Spit (n.) To thrust a spit through; to fix upon a spit; hence, to thrust through or impale; as, to spit a loin of veal..
Impaled :: Impaled (imp. & p. p.) of Impal.
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) That which hedges in; inclosure.
Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To inclose; to surround. See Impale.
Enfiled :: Enfiled (p. a.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be enfiled of the thing which it pierces..
Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
Stick :: Stick (n.) To fix on a pointed instrument; to impale; as, to stick an apple on a fork..
Transfix :: Transfix (v. t.) To pierce through, as with a pointed weapon; to impale; as, to transfix one with a dart..
Impale :: Impale (v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround..
Empale :: Empale (v. t.) To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line of stakes for defense; to impale.
Impalement :: Impalement (n.) 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..
Empale :: Empale (v. t.) Same as Impale.
Shrike :: Shrike (v. i.) Any one of numerous species of oscinine birds of the family Laniidae, having a strong hooked bill, toothed at the tip. Most shrikes are insectivorous, but the common European gray shrike (Lanius excubitor), the great northern shrike (L. borealis), and several others, kill mice, small birds, etc., and often impale them on thorns, and are, on that account called also butcher birds. See under Butcher..
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