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pillory

n. தண்டனைக்கட்டை, குற்றவாளியை ஒறுப்பதற்கான அரிகண்டம் போன்ற மரப்பணிச்சட்டம், (வினை.) ஒறுப்பதற்கான மரப்பணிச்சட்டத்தில் மாட்டு, பழிப்புக்கு ஆளாக்கு.


Pil"lo*ry, n.; pl. Pillories. Etym: [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.] Defn: 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. Pil"lo*ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pilloried; p. pr. & vb. n. Pillorying.] Etym: [Cf. F. pilorier.] 1. To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for Puritans to pillory." Macaulay. 2. Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. Gladstone.


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