Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- An instrument of torture resembling the boot, used by the Inquisition.
Examples
“You need not even believe -- though it is too likely to be true -- that that great fireplace in the little first-floor room served for the torture of the scarpines.”
“Pull his feet out of the embers; I dare say he would have been glad enough to put us to the scarpines; but that's no reason we should put him to them.”
““Pull his feet out of the embers; I dare say he would have been glad enough to put us to the scarpines; but that’s no reason we should put him to them.””
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phrontistery-s
from phrontistery.info
sabaton, sabbatarian, sabbulonarium, sabelline, sabin, sable, sabliere, sabot, sabretache, sabulous, saburration, saccade and 1593 more...
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Never For Sale On Craigslist
List of items never for sale on craigslist.
Should you find one of these for sale, let us know. We'll scare you up a coupon for a free day at a gym or something.vectis, soupir, porcupine-machine, electric pig, poke-bonnet, shawm, staddle stone, beating-engine, hicon, figurehead, low-warp loom, radevore and 516 more...
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Boots
Types of boots used as footwear, or in a few cases, to protect the feet and legs of horses.
"...waterleg and gumboots each for Bully Hayes and Hurricane Hartigan..." --Finnegans Wakeankle-jack, jackboot, Hessian boot, Wellington boot, wellie, gumboot, galoshes, goloe-shoes, galosh, overshoe, galoche, galage and 73 more...
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