† harmann.
Thieves' Cant. Obsolete.
1. plural harmans, the stocks.
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society > authority > punishment > public or popular punishments > [noun] > punishing by pillory or stocks > pillory or stocks
stocksc1325
pilloryc1330
stocka1382
gofe1489
stretchneck1543
harmans1567
foot trap1585
pigeonholes1592
jougs1596
berlina1607
halsfang1607
gorget1635
cippusa1637
nutcrackers1648
catasta1664
wooden cravat1676
the wooden ruff1677
neck stock1681
wooden casement1685
timber-stairsc1750
Norway neckcloth1785
law-neck-cloth1789
stoop1795
timber1851–4
nerve1854
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii The harmanes, the stockes.
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giiii So may we happen on the Harmanes.., So we maye chaunce to set in the stockes.
1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. C2v To put our stampes in the Harman.
2. Short for harman-beck n.: A constable.
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1725 New Canting Dict. Harman, a Constable.
a1791 F. Grose Olio (1796) 231 When I leave Nan in the vile Harman's hands.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Disowned I. ii. 30 The worst have an awe of the harman's claw.
Derivatives
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society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > constable
sub-constable1512
beagle1559
harman-beck1567
John?1576
clarigold1597
officer1597
constable1600
redbeard1607
Robin Hoga1682
Moabite1699
night-magistrate1699
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Peddelars Frenche sig. Giii The harman beck, the Counstable.
1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. C2 The Ruffin cly the nab of the Harman beck.
1652 R. Brome Joviall Crew ii. sig. F3 Let's..bowse in defiance o' th' Harman-beck.
1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel III. x*. 299 I am not the lad to betray any one to the harman-beck.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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