An instrument of torture. Obsolete.
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| 释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] (69) griper1598 An instrument of torture. Obsolete. torturea1616 transferred. An instrument or means of torture. shiners1630 plural. Some Russian instrument of torture. wooden horse1731 wooden horse n. A name for the scaffold or gallows; also for an instrument of torture: = horse, n. 24. Obsolete. iron mask1752 A mask made of iron, esp. one worn for protection or as a punishment. Subcategories:— rack (8) — wheel (6) — instruments of crushing or compression (2) — pulley (1) — wooden horse (4) — thumb-screw (7) — boot (6) — gridiron (3) — iron maiden (3) — pole or rod (1) — picket (1) — tongs (1) — bit (3) — band or bonds (1) — hook (4) — cap lined with pitch (1) — linen ball (2) — pear-shaped (1) — place of torture (7) — stage for (1) — specific to extort confession (1) |
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