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单词 rice chewing
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rice chewing
rice chewing n. the chewing of rice by an accused person as part of a test to determine his or her guilt.This practice is recorded in various cultures and with varying indications of guilt; these include being unable to swallow the rice, being unable to spit out the rice, and the presence of blood in the saliva when it is spat out.
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1837 H. H. Spry Mod. India II. x. 310 The one most commonly in use is the ordeal of rice-chewing.
1905 Amer. Anthropologist 7 699 Various tests or ordeals (rice-chewing, hot-water, egg, blood) are in vogue.
2004 K. Segrave Lie Detectors i. 7 By around 1150 a.d. the Roman Catholic clergy had made full use of the practice of rice chewing.
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