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21hanged, drawn and quartered — adjective The death sentence previously passed on those guilty of high treason. <!Encyclopedic and mostly irrelevant to the entry …
22hung, drawn and quartered — Meaning A gruesome form of torture and, eventually, death by execution. Origin In use at least until Tudor times in the UK. The victim is first hung by the neck but taken from the scaffold while still alive. The entrails and genitals are then… …
23be quartered — be stationed or lodged. → quarter …
24Hung, Drawn and Quartered — This form of execution was used to punish someone for high treason. It was first performed on David, Prince of Wales in 1282 for attacking Hawarden Castle, and last recorded in 1817 in Derby. The poet Shelley witnessed this last execution. The …
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25hanged, drawn and quartered — A method of executing traitors in England, said to have been introduced in 1241. The traitor was carried on a sled, or hurdle to the gallows (formerly dragged there tied to the tail of a horse); hanged till half dead and then cut down; his… …
26hanged, drawn and quartered — A method of executing traitors in England, said to have been introduced in 1241. The traitor was carried on a sled, or hurdle to the gallows (formerly dragged there tied to the tail of a horse); hanged till half dead and then cut down; his… …
27close-quartered — adjective see close quarter …
28counter-quartered — …
29well-quartered — …
30Irish Confessors and Martyrs — • The period covered by this article embraces that between the years 1540 and (approximately) 1713 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Irish Confessors and Martyrs Irish Confessors and Martyrs …
