1. To pierce with a pale; to put to death by fixing on a sharp stake. See Empale.
Then with what life remains, impaled, and left
To writhe at leisure round the bloody stake.
Addison. 2. To inclose, as with pales or stakes; to surround.
Impale him with your weapons round about.
Shak.
Impenetrable, impaled with circling fire.
Milton. 3. (Her.) To join, as two coats of arms on one shield, palewise; hence, to join in honorable mention.
Ordered the admission of St. Patrick to the same to be matched and impaled with the blessed Virgin in
the honor thereof.
Fuller. Impalement
(Im*pale"ment) n.
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.
Impalla
(Im*pal"la) n. (Zoöl.) The pallah deer of South Africa.
Impallid
(Im*pal"lid) v. t. To make pallid; to blanch. [Obs.] Feltham.
Impalm
(Im*palm") v. t. To grasp with or hold in the hand. [R.] J. Barlow.
Impalpability
(Im*pal`pa*bil"i*ty) n. [Cf. F. impalpabilité.] The quality of being impalpable. Jortin.
Impalpable
(Im*pal"pa*ble) a. [Pref. im- not + palpable: cf. F. impalpable.]
1. Not palpable; that cannot be felt; extremely fine, so that no grit can be perceived by touch. "Impalpable
powder." Boyle.
2. Not material; intangible; incorporeal. "Impalpable, void, and bodiless." Holland.
3. Not apprehensible, or readily apprehensible, by the mind; unreal; as, impalpable distinctions.
