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Empaled

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Empaled}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Empaling}.] [OF. empaler to palisade, pierce, F. empaler
   to punish by empalement; pref. em- (L. in) + OF. & F. pal a
   pale, stake. See {Pale} a stake, and cf. {Impale}.] [Written
   also {impale}.]
   1. To fence or fortify with stakes; to surround with a line
      of stakes for defense; to impale.

            All that dwell near enemies empale villages, to save
            themselves from surprise.             --Sir W.
                                                  Raleigh.

   2. To inclose; to surround. See {Impale}.

   3. To put to death by thrusting a sharpened stake through the
      body.

   4. (Her.) Same as {Impale}.
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