单词 | squassation |
释义 | squassation /skwo say"sheuhn/, n. a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms. [1725-35; < It squass(are) to shake severely ( < VL *exquassare; see SQUASH1) + -ATION] |
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