Word Meanings - STRAPPADO - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated.
- Drawshave
See Drawing knife. - Practicer
One who practices, or puts in practice; one who customarily performs certain acts. - Dislocation
The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. - Drawfiling
The process of smooth filing by working the file sidewise instead of lengthwise. - Drawgear
A harness for draught horses. - Drawspring
The spring to which a drawbar is attached. - Lettered
of Letter - Oftenness
Frequency. - Practician
One who is acquainted with, or skilled in, anything by practice; a practitioner. - Drawgloves
An old game, played by holding up the fingers. - Formerly
In time past, either in time immediately preceding or at any indefinite distance; of old; heretofore. - Lettering
of Letter - Oftensith
Frequently; often. - Practick
Practice. - Consisted
of Consist - Drawing
of Draw - Drawhead
The flanged outer end of a drawbar; also, a name applied to the drawgear.
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