- 1. n. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. Source: opted
- 2. n. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. Source: opted
- 3. n. That which hedges in; inclosure. Source: opted
- 4. 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. Source: opted
- 5. n. the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture Source: wordnet
- 6. 1. The act of impaling, or the state of being impaled. Byron. 2. An inclosing by stakes or pales, or the space so inclosed. H. Brooke. 3. That which hedges in; inclosure. [R.] Milton. 4. (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. Source: webster
- 7. 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. Source: adambom
- 8. n the act of piercing with a sharpened stake as a form of punishment or torture Source: ecdict
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