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Pilloried
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. 2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. --Gladstone.

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- of pillory and stocks – A long history Cunningham, Peter (1849). A handbook for London: Past and Present, Volume 2. J. Murray. p. 604. "Pilloried in Delaware;...
- 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 Pillory of Braga (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Braga) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial significance...
- The Pillory of Lisbon (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Lisboa) is a pillory situated in the muni****l square of the Portuguese capital (in the civil parish...
- The Pillory of Bragança (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Bragança) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial...
- Pillory (foaled 1919 in Kentucky) was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. Pillory was a chestnut horse bred and raced by the co-owner and president of...
- The Pelourinho (Portuguese for "pillory") is an important monument in the city of Cidade Velha in the south of Santiago, Cape Verde. The historic centre...
- suitably attired, the miscreant was paraded through the town, effectively pilloried. Drunkenness was first made a civil offence in England by the Ale Houses...
- term and pillory in 1732 after giving false information to the courts, from which he benefited financially. He was killed while in the pillory by Edward...
- Spanish technique of torture for crushing the toes and fingers by means of pillories and wedges.[better source needed] The only writer to comment in detail...