impaling

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Impale \Im*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Impaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Impaling.] [See 2d Empale.]

1.To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale. [1913 Webster]

Then with what life remains, impaled, and left To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

2.To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround. [1913 Webster]

Impale him with your weapons round about.— Shak.[1913 Webster]

Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire.— Milton.[1913 Webster]

3.(Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention. [1913 Webster]

Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in the honor thereof.— Fuller.[1913 Webster]