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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_157455" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_157455" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) | <p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77997" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_77997" /> == | ||
Latest revision as of 18:51, 15 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
(2): ( v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
(3): ( v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
An obsolete instrument of punishment for centuries in use all over Europe, consisted of a platform, an upright pole, and at a convenient height cross-boards with holes, in which the culprit's neck and wrists were placed and fastened; so fixed he was exposed in some public place to the insults and noxious missiles of the mob. Formerly in England the penalty of forgery, perjury, &c., it became after the Commonwealth a favourite punishment for seditious libellers. It was last inflicted in London in 1830, and was abolished by law in 1837.
