Gibbet definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary GIB'BET, n. A gallows ... GIB'BET, v.t. To hang and expose on a gibbet or gallows. 1. To hang or expose on anything going travers, as the beam of a gibbet. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: alternative terms for gallows [syn: gallows tree, gallows-tree, gibbet, gallous] v 1: hang on an execution instrument 2: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet] Merriam Webster's I. noun Etymology: Middle English gibet, from ... to infamy or public scorn b. to hang on a gibbet 2. to execute by hanging on a gibbet Oxford ...
... Webster's 1828 Dictionary CROSS, n. [G., L.] 1. A gibbet consisting of two pieces of timber placed across each other ... 4. Any thing in the form of a cross or gibbet. 5. A line drawn through another. 6. Any thing that ... cf. Icel. kross. Cf. Crucial, Crusade, Cruise, Crux.] 1. A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one ... Dosker Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms I. n. 1. Gibbet (made of pieces of wood placed transversely). 2. [With The ... gallows, gallows-tree, gammadion, garland, gas chamber, get ahead of, gibbet, give benediction, go across, go against, go by, go by ...
... 1828 Dictionary GIB'BETING, ppr. Hanging and exposing on a gibbet. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gibbet Gib"bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr ... vb. n. Gibbeting.] 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham.
... 1828 Dictionary GIB'BETED, pp. Hanged and exposed on a gibbet. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Gibbet Gib"bet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gibbeted; p. pr ... vb. n. Gibbeting.] 1. To hang and expose on a gibbet. 2. To expose to infamy; to blacken. I'll gibbet up his name. --Oldham.
... by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet, sometimes anciently, by fastening a criminal to a tree, with ... by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet. They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. --Luke xxiii. 21 ...
... a hot iron), mark as a criminal. 2. Stigmatize, denounce, gibbet. Foolish Dictionary Something carried on the hip, by either beast ... flyspeck, form, found, frame, freckle, fume, gash, genius, genre, genus, gibbet, government mark, government stamp, grain, graving, gust, habit, hack, hallmark ...
... other atrocious crimes, are frequently, after execution, hanged on a gibbet, to which they are fastened by iron bandages; the gibbet is commonly placed on or near the place where the ...
... waving; to hang and swing. He'd rather on a gibbet dangle. Hudibras. 2. To hang on any one; to be ... a swinging or jerking motion. He'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. --Hudibras. From ...
... Dictionary CRUCIFYING, ppr. Putting to death on a cross or gibbet; subduing; destroying the life and power of. Webster's 1913 ... by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet. They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. --Luke xxiii. 21 ...
... Pleasant fancy; gayety of imagination. On the way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off ... device; a whim; a quip. On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off ...
... ets, meaning "a tree" (Esther 6:4), a post or gibbet. In Gen. 40:19 and Deut. 21:22 the word ... chair, electrocution, execution, fusillade, gallows-tree, garrote, gas chamber, gassing, gibbet, guillotine, halter, hanging, hemlock, hemp, hempen collar, hot seat, judicial ...
... various purposes (shoe-tree). 3 archaic or poet. a a gibbet. b a cross, esp. the one used for Christ's ... fruit tree, gallows, gallows-tree, gas chamber, genealogical tree, genealogy, gibbet, grapefruit, guava, guillotine, gum, halter, hardwood tree, hawthorn, hazel, hemlock ...
... v 1: expose to ridicule or public scorn [syn: pillory, gibbet] 2: punish by putting in a pillory 3: criticize harshly ... ducking stool, expose, expose to infamy, fetter, finger pillory, gag, gibbet, grin at, gyves, halter, hamper, handcuffs, hang in effigy, hobbles ...