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21pillory — noun (plural pillories) a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, in which offenders were formerly imprisoned and exposed to public abuse. verb (pillories, pillorying, pilloried) 1》 put in a pillory. 2》 attack or ridicule publicly.… …
22pillory — 1. noun offenders were put in the pillory Syn: stocks 2. verb 1) he was pilloried by the press Syn: attack, criticize, censure, condemn, denigrate, lambaste, savage, stigmatize, denounce; informal knock, slam …
23pillory — pil•lo•ry [[t]ˈpɪl ə ri[/t]] n. pl. ries, 1) a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, formerly used to expose an offender to public derision 2) to set in the pillory 3) to expose to public derision or… …
24pillory — /ˈpɪləri / (say piluhree) noun (plural pillories) 1. a wooden framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used to expose an offender to public derision. –verb (t) (pilloried, pillorying) 2. to set in the pillory. 3.… …
25pillory — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) hist. a wooden framework with holes for the head and hands, enabling the public to assault or ridicule a person so imprisoned. v.tr. ( ies, ied) 1 expose (a person) to ridicule or public contempt. 2 hist. put in the pillory.… …
26Pillory — See The Tun upon Cornhill …
27Pillory Lane — 1) South out of Lower East Smithfield to Little Thames Street (Rocque, 1746 Lockie, 1810). Earliest mention: Le Pillorye lane (Recital of Leases, 1542, L. and P. H. VIII. Xvii. 399). Removed for the formation of St. Katherine s Docks and …
28PILLORY — an obsolete instrument of punishment for centuries in use all over Europe, consisted of a platform, an upright pole, and at a convenient height cross boards with holes, in which the culprit s neck and wrists were placed and fastened; so fixed… …
29pillory — sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 …
30pillory — pil·lo·ry || pɪlÉ™rɪ n. stocks, device that holds a prisoner by the head and hands (used as a form of public punishment) v. lock up by the head and hands in stocks; condemn publicly, punish publicly …
