Look up: Jougs

1. Jougs
   (Scottish) iron manacles used to punish minor criminals. Usually prominently sited, often found at market crosses - ths scots equivalent of the stocks.
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2. Jougs
   Jougs noun [ French joug a yoke, Latin jugum . See Yoke .] An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [ Written also juggs .] See Juke . Sir W. Scott.
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3. Jougs
   • (n.) An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory. [Written also juggs.] See Juke.
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4. Jougs
   Jougs or juggs were jointed collars of iron, by which misdemeanants were held captive in Scotland. The culprit's neck being encircled by the jougs, the two free ends of the iron band were slipped over each other and secured by a padlock. On the opposite side was a movable iron ring fastened into the...
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5. Jougs
   The `jougs`, `juggs`, or `joggs` (Old French joug, from Lat. jugum, a yoke) is an instrument of punishment formerly in use in Scotland, the Netherlands and other countries. Purpose : It was an iron collar fastened by a short chain to a wall, often of the parish church, or to a tree. Th...
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