stick; ratan†, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote†, blacksnake†, bullwhack
[U.S.], chicote†, kurbash†, quirt, rawhide, sjambok†; rod in pickle;
switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon.
whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout; cat, cat
o'nine tails; rope's end.
pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool†, ducking stool;
brank†; trebuchet†, trebuket†.
[instruments of torture: list], triangle, wooden horse, iron
maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel; chinese water
torture.
treadmill, crank, galleys.
scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet,
tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric
chair; gas chamber; lethal injection; firing squad; mecate†.
house of correction &c (prison) 752.
goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner†; lyncher; hangman;
headsman†; Jack Ketch.
SECTION V.
RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS