† pine baukn.

Forms: pre-1700 1800s pyne bauk.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pine n.¹, balk n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < pine n.¹ + balk n.¹ Compare earlier pine bank n.The word may originate in a misreading of pine bank n. as a result of minim confusion.

Scottish. Obsolete. rare.

The rack as an instrument of torture; = pine bank n. Also figurative.

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Duke of Exeter's daughter1618

1542 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 422/2 Seand vþeris of perfite aige and stark of persoune put on þe said pynebaukis.

1834 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. V. 446 The witnesses [were], as was usual in this cruel age [i.e. 1537]..examined under the rack, or pynebaukis.

1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xxix I was on the pyne bauks o' perplexity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	pine bauk
释义	† pine baukn. Forms: pre-1700 1800s pyne bauk. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pine n.¹, balk n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < pine n.¹ + balk n.¹ Compare earlier pine bank n.The word may originate in a misreading of pine bank n. as a result of minim confusion. Scottish. Obsolete. rare. The rack as an instrument of torture; = pine bank n. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > rack ginc1225 enginea1450 framec1480 rack1481 brake1530 pine banka1535 pine bauk1542 Duke of Exeter's daughter1618 1542 Sc. Acts Mary (1814) II. 422/2 Seand vþeris of perfite aige and stark of persoune put on þe said pynebaukis. 1834 P. F. Tytler Hist. Scotl. V. 446 The witnesses [were], as was usual in this cruel age [i.e. 1537]..examined under the rack, or pynebaukis. 1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin xxix I was on the pyne bauks o' perplexity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1542
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