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English Dictionary: pillory	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for pillory
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pillory n a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn v expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet] punish by putting in a pillory criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage" Synonym(s): savage, blast, pillory, crucify
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. [bd]Hungering for Puritans to pillory.[b8] --Macaulay. 2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. --Gladstone.