cucking-stool | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Cucking stool
·- A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening th...

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Stool
·noun A stool pigeon, or decoy bird. II. Stool ·noun A bishop's seat or see; a bishop-stool. III. ...

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stool
The gallows, formerly consisting of three posts, over which were laid three transverse beams. This c...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
stool
A minor channel abaft the main channels, for the dead-eyes of the backstays. (See backstay-stools.) ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
Bishop-stool
·noun A bishop's seat or see. ...

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Close-stool
·noun A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the f...

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stool-pigeoning
One of the old standing and oft-repeated charges urged with great pertinacity against the police of ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
ducking-stool
a stool placed over a river in which scolding women are seated and ducked. North. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
picksey stool
a mushroom. Devonsh. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose