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单词 qualm-house
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qualm-house
qualm-house n. a house of torture; a prison, esp. one for those condemned to death; also figurative.
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society > authority > punishment > torture > instrument or place of torture > [noun] > place of torture
quale-housec1225
qualm-housec1225
wall1528
butcheryc1540
torture-chamber1829
torture-house1898
c1225 (?c1200) St. Katherine (Bodl.) (1981) 659 He..tahte us treowe ileaue þurh þet eadi meiden Katerine, þet te king pineð i cwalm-hus [L. carcere] ant þencheð to acwellan.
c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 11 (MED) Þe wari..het hire kasten in-to cwarterne & into cwalm-hus [c1225 Bodl. cwal-hus].
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 74 Ha [sc. the soul] is her in uncuððe iput in a prisun, bitund in a cwalm hus.
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