PILLORY
\pˈɪləɹˌi], \pˈɪləɹˌi], \p_ˈɪ_l_ə_ɹ_ˌi]\
Definitions of PILLORY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
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To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
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Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
By Oddity Software
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A frame of adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in front of it.
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To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
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Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
By Noah Webster.
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A wooden frame supported by an upright post, and having holes through which the head and hands of a person standing exposed to public disgrace may be passed and secured.
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To punish by putting in such a framework; expose to public disgrace or abuse.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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