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gallows
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Gallows
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
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So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
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If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
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O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
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2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
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3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
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4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
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Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
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At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
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gallows
(wn) | gallows
n 1: an instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame
from which a condemned person is executed by hanging |
gallows
(devil) | GALLOWS, n. A stage for the performance of miracle plays, in which
the leading actor is translated to heaven. In this country the
gallows is chiefly remarkable for the number of persons who escape it.
Whether on the gallows high
Or where blood flows the reddest,
The noblest place for man to die --
Is where he died the deadest.
(Old play)
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GALLOWS
(bouvier) | GALLOWS. An erection on which to bang criminals condemned to death.
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gallows bird
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gallows tree
(encz) | gallows tree, n: |
gallows-tree
(encz) | gallows-tree, n: |
Gallows
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
[1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
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2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
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3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
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4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
[1913 Webster]
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
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Gallows bird
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
[1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
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2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
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3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
[1913 Webster]
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
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Gallows bitts
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
[1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
[1913 Webster]
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
Gallows frame
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
[1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
[1913 Webster]
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
gallows frame
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
[1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
[1913 Webster]
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
gallows top
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
[1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
[1913 Webster]
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
Gallows tree
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
[1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
[1913 Webster]
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
[1913 Webster] |
Gallowses
(gcide) | Gallows \Gal"lows\, n. sing.; pl. Gallowsesor Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D.
galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g[=a]lgi,
Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and
historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural
number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded
by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which
criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of
two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like
frame for suspending anything.
[1913 Webster]
So they hanged Haman on the gallows. --Esther vii.
10.
[1913 Webster]
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
--Shak.
[1913 Webster]
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. (Print.) The rest for the tympan when raised.
[1913 Webster]
4. pl. A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.]
[1913 Webster]
Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.]
Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships
on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also
gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc.
Gallows frame.
(a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine.
(b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts.
Gallows tree, or
Gallow tree, the gallows.
[1913 Webster]
At length him nail['e]d on a gallow tree. --Spenser.
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gallowstree
(gcide) | gallowstree \gallowstree\ n.
same as gallows.
Syn: gallows, gibbet, gallows tree, gallow tree.
[WordNet 1.5] |
Scapegallows
(gcide) | Scapegallows \Scape"gal`lows\, n.
One who has narrowly escaped the gallows for his crimes.
[Colloq.] --Dickens.
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gallows bird
(wn) | gallows bird
n 1: a person who deserves to be hanged |
gallows tree
(wn) | gallows tree
n 1: alternative terms for gallows [syn: gallows tree,
gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous] |
gallows-tree
(wn) | gallows-tree
n 1: alternative terms for gallows [syn: gallows tree,
gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous] |
GALLOWS
(bouvier) | GALLOWS. An erection on which to bang criminals condemned to death.
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