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Ducking Stool

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A stool or chair in which a scolding woman was confined, and set before her own door to be pelted at, or borne in a tumbrel through the town to be jeered at, or placed at the end of a see-saw and ducked in a pool.

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Ducking Stool'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​d/ducking-stool.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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