SCAPHISM
\skˈafɪzəm], \skˈafɪzəm], \s_k_ˈa_f_ɪ_z_ə_m]\
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An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
By Oddity Software
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An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.
By Noah Webster.