Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for IM-PALE'
IM-PALE', v.t. [L. in and palus, a pole, a stake.]
- To fix on a stake; to put to death by fixing on an upright sharp stake. [See Empale.]
- To inclose with stakes, posts or palisades.
- In heraldry, to join two coats of arms pale-wise. Encyc.
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