Hypertext Webster Gateway: "empale"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Empale \Em*pale"\, v. t. [Pref. em- (L. in) + pale: cf. OF.
empalir.]
To make pale. [Obs.]
No bloodless malady empales their face. --G. Fletcher.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
empale
v : pierce with a sharp stake or point; "impale a shrimp on a
skewer" [syn: {transfix}, {impale}, {spike}]
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