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Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To wrest from the proper meaning; to distort.

Starched :: Star-chamber (n.) An ancient high court exercising jurisdiction in certain cases, mainly criminal, which sat without the intervention of a jury. It consisted of the king's council, or of the privy council only with the addition of certain judges. It could proceed on mere rumor or examine witnesses; it could apply torture. It was abolished by the Long Parliament in 1641..

Thumbscrew :: Thumbscrew (n.) An old instrument of torture for compressing the thumb by a screw; a thumbkin.

Boot :: Boot (n.) An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland..

Rack :: Rack (v. t.) To extend by the application of force; to stretch or strain; specifically, to stretch on the rack or wheel; to torture by an engine which strains the limbs and pulls the joints..

Torment :: Torment (n.) Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind..

Forcipation :: Forcipation (n.) Torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.

Discruciate :: Discruciate (v. t.) To torture; to excruciate.

Strapper :: Strappado (v. t.) To punish or torture by the strappado.

Excruciation :: Excruciation (n.) The act of inflicting agonizing pain, or the state of being thus afflicted; that which excruciates; torture..

Picket :: Picket (v. t.) To torture by compelling to stand with one foot on a pointed stake.

Torture :: Torture (v. t.) To punish with torture; to put to the rack; as, to torture an accused person..

Tortured :: Tortured (imp. & p. p.) of Tortur.

Wheel :: Wheel (n.) An instrument of torture formerly used.

Pain :: Pain (n.) To put to bodily uneasiness or anguish; to afflict with uneasy sensations of any degree of intensity; to torment; to torture; as, his dinner or his wound pained him; his stomach pained him..

Rack :: Rack (a.) An engine of torture, consisting of a large frame, upon which the body was gradually stretched until, sometimes, the joints were dislocated; -- formerly used judicially for extorting confessions from criminals or suspected persons..

Martyr :: Martyr (v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.

Wring :: Wring (v. t.) Hence, to pain; to distress; to torment; to torture..

Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..

Pinnywinkles :: Pinnywinkles (n. pl.) An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs..

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