Look up: Pillory

1. pillory
   [n] - a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the neck and hands 2. [v] - expose to ridicule or public scorn 3. [v] - punish by putting in a pillory
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2. pillory
   Former instrument of punishment consisting of a wooden frame set on a post, with holes in which the prisoner's head and hands were secured, similar to the stocks. Bystanders threw whatever was...
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3. Pillory
   See stocks.
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4. Pillory
   Pil'lo·ry noun ; plural Pillories . [ French pilori ; confer Pr. espitlori , Late Latin piloricum , pilloricum , pellericum , pellorium , pilorium , spilorium ; perhaps from a d...
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5. Pillory
   Pil'lo·ry transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Pilloried ; present participle & verbal noun Pillorying .] [ Confer French pilorier .] 1. To set in, or punish with,...
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6. pillory
   noun a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
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7. Pillory
   • (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. • (v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory. • (v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
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8. Pillory
   A pillory was originally a post that was erected at crossroads by the lord of the manor and bearing his arms upon it as a mark of his territory. Later, pillories sometimes had a collar fixed to them by which criminals could be secured, later still the pillory became a 'T' shaped frame that was erect...
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9. Pillory
   The `pillory` was a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used for punishment by accessdate=25 March 2009-->--> The pillory is related to the stocks.<ref name=Kellaway>--> The word is documented in English since 1274 (at...
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