castigatory

4 definitions found

castigatory - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 dung, k?kr dung, the name being given as to a
     disgracing or infamous punishment.]
     A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also
     dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in
     front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob,
     but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called
     also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and
     often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. --Sir. W.
     Scott.
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  Castigatory \Cas`ti*ga*to*ry\, a. [L. castigatorius.]
     Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.
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  Castigatory \Cas"ti*ga*to*ry\, n.
     An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant
     scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket.
     --Blacktone.
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castigatory - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  CASTIGATORY, punishments. An engine used to punish women who have been 
  convicted of being common scolds it is sometimes called the trebucket, 
  tumbrel,  ducking stool, or cucking stool. This barbarous punishment has 
  perhaps never been inflicted in the United States. 12 S. & It. 225. Vide 
  Common Scold.