Palification

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Palification \Pal`i*fi*ca"tion\, n. [L. palus a stake + -ficare
     (in comp.) to make: cf. F. palification. See {-fy}.]
     The act or practice of driving piles or posts into the ground
     to make it firm. [R.] --Sir H. Wotton.
     [1913 Webster]