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A forked stick used by Arabian slave traders to fasten slaves together by their necks. Also gori-stick.
The action of tame, v.1 Also attributive. ˈtaming-stick n. a kind of yoke for newly captured slaves.
a forked branch of a tree secured to the neck of a slave to prevent escape.