An instrument of torture (invented in the reign of Henry VIII by Leonard Skevington or Skeffington, Lieutenant of the Tower), which (bringing the…
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > instruments of crushing or compression (2) Scavenger's daughter1564 An instrument of torture (invented in the reign of Henry VIII by Leonard Skevington or Skeffington, Lieutenant of the Tower), which (bringing the… press1742 The apparatus for inflicting the torture of peine forte et dure. Cf. press, v.1 1c, peine, n. Now historical. |
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