castigatory
1Castigatory — Cas ti*ga*to*ry, a. [L. castigatorius.] Punitive in order to amendment; corrective. [1913 Webster] …
2Castigatory — Cas ti*ga*to*ry, n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}. Blacktone. [1913 Webster] …
3castigatory — index calumnious, disciplinary (punitory), pejorative, penal, punitive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
4castigatory — Cucking stool Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to …
5castigatory — adj. punishing; critical …
6castigatory — n. (Law.) Trebuchet or trebucket, tumbrel or tumbril, ducking stool, cucking stool …
7castigatory — cas·ti·ga·to·ry …
8castigatory — An engine used to punish women who had been convicted of being common scolds. It was sometimes called the trebucket, tumbrel, ducking stool, or cucking stool …
9castigatory — An engine used to punish women who had been convicted of being common scolds. It was sometimes called the trebucket, tumbrel, ducking stool, or cucking stool …
10castigatory — A contrivance for punishing common scolds. See cucking stool …
