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Definition of Pillorying

Pillorying
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.

Meaning of Pillorying from wikipedia

- The pillory is a device made of a wooden or metal framework erected on a post, with holes for securing the head and hands, used during the medieval and...
- 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 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 Braga (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Braga) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial significance...
- The Pillory of Bragança (Portuguese: Pelourinho de Bragança) is a 15th-century sculpted stone column with symbolic political, administrative and judicial...
- ears as an act of physical punishment. It was performed along with the pillorying or immobilisation in the stocks, and sometimes alongside punishments such...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Middle Ages. Among them are the pillory (1521), the village mill (c. 1200) and the Maison du Bailli (c. 1535). The pillory and the Bailli House Moulin banal...