Pillories

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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