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Others they slowly cut to pieces, or treated to the punishment called "woolding," by which the eyes were forced from their sockets under the pressure of a twisted cord.— On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
Morgan's men tortured the inhabitants, according to their custom, either by "woolding" them or by placing burning matches between their toes.— On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
It was at Taboga, it seems, that the lady who so inflamed Sir Henry was made prisoner At the end of three weeks of "woolding" and rummaging, Admiral Morgan began to prepare for the journey home.— On the Spanish Main Or, Some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien.
They separate it into small locks, which they woold or cue round with the rind of a slender plant, down to about an inch of the ends; and, as the hair grows, the woolding is continued.— A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the World Volume 2
The bow is completed by a woolding round the middle and a wedge or two, here and there, driven in to tighten it.— Journal of the Third Voyage for the Discovery of a North-West Passage
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