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Definition of Impales
1. impale [v] - See also: impale
Lexicographical Neighbors of Impales
Literary usage of Impales
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology by Suffolk Institute of Archaeology (1900)
"Cotton aa last impales a blank. 3. Cotton as last impales Arg. on a chevron sa.
... Cotton as lust impales Cotton as No. 1 of the coat and shield. 5. ..."
2. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk by Francis Blomefield, Charles Parkin (1806)
"... quarterly per fess indented or and az. a bend G. impales IN GLOSSE. ...
impales JOHNSON, or, a water-budget, on a chief sab. three bezants. 2. ..."
3. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version by Herodotus (1875)
")7.ir-pal impales on one occasion " thirty bands of captives ... The practice is
constant, but tb a third instance he impales the whole | number» are ..."
4. The History of Herodotus: A New English Version, Ed. with Copious Notes and by Herodotus, George Rawlinson, Henry Creswicke Rawlinson, John Gardner Wilkinson (1889)
"a The usual modes of punishment are beheading and impaling. Asshur-dani-pal
impales on one occasion " thirty bands of captives ..."
5. An Introduction to Entomology: Or Elements of the Natural History of Insects by William Kirby, William Spence (1818)
"Lanius Excubitor also impales insects, but Heckewelder denies that it feeds upon
them. If he be correct, the object of this singular procedure with that ..."
6. An Introduction to Entomology: Or, Elements of the Natural History of by William Kirby, William Spence (1846)
"Lanius excubitor also impales insects ; but Heckewelder denies that it feeds upon
them. If he be correct, the object of this singular procedure with that ..."
7. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1855)
"Sir William Pas- ton's coat, of twelve quarterings, impales the coat of his ...
His coat impales the coat of Rebecca, his wife, who is described as being ..."
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