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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[F.

joug

a yoke, L.

jugum

. See

An iron collar fastened to a wall or post, formerly used in Scotland as a kind of pillory.

[Written also

juggs

See

Sir W. Scott.

jougs pl ‎(plural only)

A chained iron collar once used in churches to expose sinners to public scorn
- 1898, William Baird, Annals of Duddingston and Portobello, page 193-194:
  Fornication and adultery were crimes punishable in case of confession in various ways [...] standing in the jougs at the door of the kirk barefoot and in sackcloth [...]
  Blasphemy, swearing, drunkenness, " flyting and scolding," slander, " the abuse of husbands by their wives," and other suchlike offences were punishable with exposure to public scorn in the " jougs," [...] The " jougs " (from jugum, a yoke) consisted of an iron collar in two halves fastened by a clasp, and suspended by a chain about six feet from the ground, which was generally hung on the wall at the entrance gate of the Church.

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