To extend (a person) on, in (an instrument of torture). Also with out. Obsolete.
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释义 | society > authority > punishment > torture > [verb (transitive)] > on wheel (3) stentc1480 To extend (a person) on, in (an instrument of torture). Also with out. Obsolete. wheel1611 To torture or ‘break’ on a wheel. Obsolete. rare. to break on the wheela1640 to break on the wheel: to bind a criminal to a wheel, or similar frame, and break his limbs, or beat him to death; so †to break on the torture: to… |
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