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Webster 1913 Edition
Pillory
Pil′lo-ry
,Noun.
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.
Pil′lo-ry
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Pillory
PIL'LORY
,Noun.
PIL'LORY
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
pillory
pillory
English
A pillory.
Noun
pillory (plural pillories)
- A framework on a post, with holes for the hands and head, used as a means of punishment and humiliation.
Translations
a framework on a post used as a means of punishment and humiliation
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Verb
pillory (third-person singular simple present pillories, present participle pillorying, simple past and past participle pilloried)
- (transitive) To put in a pillory.
- (transitive) To subject to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse.
- (transitive) To criticize harshly.
Translations
put someone in a pillory
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subject someone to humiliation, scorn, ridicule or abuse
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criticize harshly
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