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Pillory
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) 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.
(2):
(v. t.) Figuratively, to expose to public scorn.
(3):
(v. t.) To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Pillory'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/p/pillory.html. 1828.