GIBBET
\d͡ʒˈɪbɪt], \dʒˈɪbɪt], \dʒ_ˈɪ_b_ɪ_t]\
Definitions of GIBBET
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
By Princeton University
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instrument of execution consisting of a wooden frame from which condemned persons are executed by hanging
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hang on a gibbet
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.
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The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
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To hang and expose on a gibbet.
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To expose to infamy; to blacken.
By Oddity Software
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A kind of gallows; an upright post with an arm projecting from the top, on which, formerly, malefactors were hanged in chains, and their bodies allowed to remain asa warning.
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The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib.
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To hang and expose on a gibbet.
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To expose to infamy; to blacken.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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