Bible Dictionaries
Impale

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.

(2):

(v. t.) To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.

(3):

(v. t.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Impale'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​i/impale.html. 1828.