单词 | justice hill |
释义 | > as lemmasjustice hill justice hill n. now rare a hill on which public executions are carried out. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > [noun] > place of qualm-stoweOE heading steadc1480 heading hill1755 death house1837 justice hill1843 1843 Forfarshire Illustr. 78 A field behind the site of the old mansion-house still retains the name of the Law Field, which points it out as the Justice Hill. 1875 A. R. Adamson Rambles around Kilmarnock vi. 96 One of those justice hills so common in this part of the country. 1901 Speaker 12 Jan. 398/1 They were also justice-hills,..though not so well suited for great crowds as the Tynwald Hill. < as lemmas |
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