Impaling

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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}.
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              Then with what life remains, impaled, and left
              To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
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              Impale him with your weapons round about. --Shak.
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              Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire. --Milton.
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     3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield,
        palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
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              Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to
              be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in
              the honor thereof.                    --Fuller.
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