(Dan. 3:2), Babylonian officers.
Old English "scir-gerefa " = an officer appointed in Saxon times to administer justice within the sh...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
The hangman. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
An execution. To dance at the sheriff's ball, and loll out one's tongue at the company; to be hanged...
Handcuffs. ...
A prison. ...
The gallows. ...