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  4  definitions  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pillory 
  n  :  a  wooden  instrument  on  a  post  with  holes  for  the  neck  and 
  hands;  offenders  were  locked  in  and  so  exposed  to  public 
  scorn  [syn:  {stocks}] 
  v  1:  expose  to  ridicule  or  public  scorn  [syn:  {gibbet}] 
  2:  punish  by  putting  in  a  pillory 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  PILLORY,  n.  A  mechanical  device  for  inflicting  personal  distinction 
  --  prototype  of  the  modern  newspaper  conducted  by  persons  of  austere 
  virtues  and  blameless  lives. 
 
 




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