The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . st used, as the name first arose,in Provence or Spain); perhaps lit. window,peephole, or lookont (the prisoner with hishead confined in the pillory being hnmoronslyregariled as looking ont of a window or peej)-hole), < MIj. as if tipccidatnriiim, a lookont,place of observation, neut. of L. .ipiendatorius,of or belonging to spies or to observation, <spendator, one who looks out, a spy, explorer, ML. (also npicidalor) also an uuder-officer, atte
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . st used, as the name first arose,in Provence or Spain); perhaps lit. window,peephole, or lookont (the prisoner with hishead confined in the pillory being hnmoronslyregariled as looking ont of a window or peej)-hole), < MIj. as if tipccidatnriiim, a lookont,place of observation, neut. of L. .ipiendatorius,of or belonging to spies or to observation, <spendator, one who looks out, a spy, explorer, ML. (also npicidalor) also an uuder-officer, attendant, jailor, tormentor: see .fpccii-lator. Cf. Cat. cspitlUrii, a little window, peep-hole, loophole, <)C(«?(/r(f(, pi. (rarely in ), a window, cf. speeidaris, of or belong-ing to a looking-glass or mirror (or to looking), < speculum 0 (lat. espdl), a looking-glass, mir-ror: see speculum. Forms coiTcspondingto^)?/-lori/ do not occur in the other languages, theSp. being piridii. It. hrrHnii, I). ,I)an. gahestiih, etc.] A frame of wood ereete<lon a post or pole, with movable boards resem-. 4490 In Great Britain it was a common punishment appointedfor fiiicstaHtrs, users of deceitful weights. ci>tiinii>n scolds,political ollcnilcrs, those guilty of iicrjiuy. fori-cry, lil)el,seditious writings, etc. It was abolished in 18 I till in dost no troutheOn a plUn-i my fruit to pinne,He hath ii> spot of Adam sinne. Holij Rood (E. E. T. .S.), viii. 14. Er he be put on the puller)/ for [that is. in spite of] enypreier, ich bote! Piers Plowman (C), iii. 210. Than they were delyuered to the hangman, and fastbounde layde in a carre and brought with trompettes tothe place of execution named ye halles, and there set onthe/j(7/r)/. and turned four tymes aboute in tlie syght ofall thei)eople. Bcrners, tr. of FroissartsChron., II. jeers of a theatre, the piilori/, and the whipping-post are very near akin. Watts, Improvement of
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