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DUCKING-STOOL

\dˈʌkɪŋstˈuːl], \dˈʌkɪŋstˈuːl], \d_ˈʌ_k_ɪ_ŋ_s_t_ˈuː_l]\

Definitions of DUCKING-STOOL

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases

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Or Cucking-stool, Coke-stool, Gogin-stool, Castigatory, Trebucket. A stool in which common scolds were tied and soused in water ; from the fifteenth to the eighteenth century.

1895 - Glossary of terms and phrases
By Henry Percy Smith

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