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   Empalement , n. [Cf. F. empalement, fr. empaler. See Empale.] [Written also impalement.]
   A fencing, inclosing, or fortifying with stakes.
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   A putting to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the body.
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   (Her.) Same as Impalement.
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   Impalement , n.
   The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled.
   Byron.
   
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   An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed.
   H. Brooke.
   
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   That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.]
   Milton.
   
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   (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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