Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pillory"
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) 1.7 (wn)
pillory
n : a wooden instrument of punishment 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
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