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pillory

pillory is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.To set in, or punish with, the pillory. "Hungering for Puritans to pillory." Macaulay.
  2. 2.Figuratively, to expose to public scorn. Gladstone.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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