† string-tormentsn.Obsolete a rendering of Latin fidiculæ (plural), an instrument of torture consisting of a number of thin cords.
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string-torments1609
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist.xxix. ii. 353 Then were the rackes stretched.., the string-torments also and the whips put in readinesse.