单词 | impaling |
释义 | impalingn. The action of impale v.; concrete that which impales or is impaled. 1. The action of enclosing with or as with pales; concrete a paling or palisade: = impalement n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [noun] > with or as with paling paling?1469 impaling1598 palisading1719 impalement1828 the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > a barrier > [noun] > hedge or fence > a fence > a paling palec1384 paling1558 impaling1598 paling fence?c1663 palisado pale1720 picketing1755 picket fence1777 1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iii. 76 The Muskets of impaling..doe roundly bestow their vollie in the face of the enemie. c1600 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Cornwall (1728) 21 Their Parkes of fallowe Deare, whereof remayne only..the ruyned impaylings. 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. vii. 643 At either end of that double empaling or entrance. 2. Heraldry. = impalement n. 3. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > [noun] > armorial bearings or coat of arms > the various coats combined on a shield > combining two or more coats > specific quarteringa1450 impaling1605 discincture1610 impalement1778 dimidiation1780 tierce1847 dimidiating1864 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 165 The impaling of his Armes with the Armes of Saint Edward. 1823 W. Scott Let. 29 Oct. (1935) VIII. 113 The different bearings of different families of the clan of Scott, which, with their quarterings and impalings, will make a pretty display. 3. The action of transfixing on a pointed stake, etc. (see impale v. 4a, 4b): = impalement n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > impaling or picketing impaling1615 impalement1630 picketing1718 impalation1744 the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [noun] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > with sharp-pointed instrument > transfixion transpiercing1592 transfixion1609 impaling1711 impalement1874 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 62 Formes of putting to death..impaling upon stakes. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 21. ¶7 Impailing of Insects upon the point of a Needle for Microscopical Observations. 1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood i. 1 Set up by the Sultan's orders for the impaling of a horde of Turkish robbers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2019). impalingadj. That impales: see the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [adjective] > piercing > transfixing impalinga1657 transfixing1853 a1657 G. Daniel Trinarchodia: Henry IV ccxxiv, in Poems (1878) IV. 57 The One-Eyed Scott..Breakes through impaleing Swords. 1742 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Odes i. xxxv. 159 Before Thee stalks inexorable Fate, And grasps impaling Nails, and Wedges dread. 1903 Critic (N.Y.) Oct. 349/2 There was an impaling fierceness in his eyes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1598adj.a1657 |
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