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Definition of Pillories

Pillories
Pillory Pil"lo*ry, n.; pl. Pillories. [F. pilori; cf. Pr. espitlori, LL. piloricum, pilloricum, pellericum, pellorium, pilorium, spilorium; perhaps from a derivative of L. speculari to look around, observe. Cf. Speculate.] 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. --Shak.

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- media related to Pillories. Examples of Pillories from the UK and Ireland on geograph.org.uk Debate in the House of Commons on the Pillory Abolition Bill...
- 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...
- hall. Júlio Rocha e Sousa indicates that the pillory was demolished, pointing to the fact that two pillories existed in the city, as opposed to Ataíde Malafaia...
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- 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...
- 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...
- include this example in the pillories featuring mythological scenes or punishment. Although the establishment of the pillory dated to the 13th century,...
- 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...
- 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...
- the hit Broadway play of the same name by Teichmann and Kaufman that pillories big business and corrupt businessmen. The film stars Judy Holliday and...