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jougs
/ »ćÏôÊÉĄłú /
plural noun
- history an iron ring, fastened by a chain to a wall, post, or tree, in which an offender was held by the neck: common in Scotland from the 16th to 18th century
yĐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of jougs1
Example Sentences
Jougs, joogz, n. an iron neck-ring that constituted the old Scottish pillory.
Public penance was also resorted to, often in addition to some other form of punishment; the penance usually involving the use of the ârepentance-stool,â or the jaggs, or jougs.
Quâils viennent voir au fond de lâĂ©table un pauvre animal maigre, extĂ©nuĂ©, battant de sa queue inquiĂšte ses flancs dĂ©charnĂ©s, soufflant avec effroi et dĂ©dain sur la nourriture quâon lui prĂ©sente, les yeux toujours tournĂ©s vers la porte, en grattant du pied la place vide Ă ses cĂŽtĂ©s, flairant les jougs et les chaĂźnes que son compagnon a portĂ©s, et lâappelant sans cesse avec de dĂ©plorables mugissements.
Gin ye offer tae strike me, Iâll hae the haill squad oâ ye afore the Provost oâ Portobelly, and, ma certie, thereâll be a wheen heels sune coolinâ in the jougs!â
Aberdeen, jougs at, 180Abusing a mistress, 179Admiralty of the Humber, Court of the, 3-5Adultery, 232-241Alban, burnt to death, 98Aldbury stocks, 200Alfreton, 143Alive, gibbeted, 58, 76-77Altrincham, 284American punishments, 206-207, 274-275Anglo-Saxon punishments, 41, 186Applegirth, jougs at, 183Aram, Eugene, 53-55Argyle, Earl of, 132Ascham, R., 177Ashby-de-la-Zouch, finger pillory at, 171-172Ashton-under-Lyne, 174Athens, books burnt at, 159Attempted murder, last execution for, 38Attwood, Wm.,
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