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Castigatory logo #10101) Disciplinary 2) Penal 3) Punitive
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Castigatory

Castigatory logo #21002• (n.) An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket. • (a.) Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.
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Castigatory

Castigatory logo #20972Cas'ti·ga·to·ry noun An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool , or trebucket . Blacktone.
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Castigatory

Castigatory logo #20972Cas`ti·ga·to·ry adjective [ Latin castigatorius .] Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.
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Castigatory

Castigatory logo #21212An engine used to punish women who have been convicted of being common scolds it is sometimes called the trebucket, tumbrel, ducking stool, or cucking stool. This barbarous punishment has perhaps never been inflicted in the United States.
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castigatory

castigatory logo #21009castigatory 1. Pertaining to a castigator or to castigation; chastising, corrective, punitive. 2. An obsolete term for an instrument of chastisement. 3. A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds (those who are constantly finding fault), and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted a...
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