| 单词 | water-rack |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-rack ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > torture > [noun] > water-cure (drinking) water-rack1679 water cure1900 1679 J. Goodman Penitent Pardoned i. iv. 111 We count the water rack a very severe torture, to have that Element forced down a man's throat, till all the vessels of his Body are stretched and Tympanized. 1746 Hist. Man I. xxviii. 161 By their water-racks, making them suck in water with their breaths, they swelled the bodies to a monstrous proportion. < as lemmas |
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