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EMPA'LEMENT, n. A fencing, fortifying or inclosing with stakes; a putting to death by thrusting a stake into the body.

1. In botany, the calyx or flower-cup of a plant, which surrounds the fructification, like a fence of pales.

2. In heraldry, a conjunction of coats of arms, pale-wise.

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