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31pillory — 1 verb (transitive usually passive) if someone is pilloried, they are publicly criticized by a lot of people: The education secretary was pilloried by the press for his latest proposals. 2 noun (C) a wooden frame with holes for the head and hands …
32pillory — pil·lory …
33Pillory — Used as a form of public punishment for fraudulent tradesmen, slanderers and tricksters. This T shaped device of wood allowed a standing person s wrists and neck to be held in place by two hinged wood planks. A large hole in the center held… …
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34pillory — /pilariy/ A frame erected on a pillar, and made with holes and movable boards, through which the heads and hands of criminals were put …
35pillory — A contrivance which was used as a means of punishment for crime, consisting of a wooden board, affixed to a post, through which the head and arms of the culprit protruded …
361–5 Pillory Street, Nantwich — 1–5 Pillory Street is a large curved corner block in Nantwich, Cheshire, England, in the French Baroque style of the late 17th century, which is listed at grade II.[1] It is located …
37The Pillory (magazine) — Infobox Magazine title = The Pillory image size = 220px image caption = Front cover of November 2007 issue. editor = editor title = previous editor = staff writer = frequency = Twice yearly circulation = category = Satire magazine company =… …
38Finger pillory — A finger pillory is a style of restraint where the fingers are held in a wooden block, using an L shaped hole to keep the knuckle bent inside the block. The name is taken from the pillory, a much larger device used to secure the head and hands …
39Pilloried — Pillory Pil lo*ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pilloried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pillorying}.] [Cf. F. pilorier.] 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. Hungering for Puritans to pillory. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively, to expose to public… …
40Pillorying — Pillory Pil lo*ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pilloried}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pillorying}.] [Cf. F. pilorier.] 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. Hungering for Puritans to pillory. Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Figuratively, to expose to public… …
