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pillories |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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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