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21ducking-stool — See castigatory …
22ducking-stool — See castigatory …
23Ducking — Duck ing, n. & a., from {Duck}, v. t. & i. [1913 Webster] {Ducking stool}, a stool or chair in which common scolds were formerly tied, and plunged into water, as a punishment. See {Cucking stool}. The practice of ducking began in the latter part… …
24Ducking — For the more common usage, see Duck (disambiguation). For the ducking stool, a public humiliation device, see Cucking stool. Ducking is an effect commonly used in radio and pop music, especially dance music. It is an effect where the level of one …
25stool — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cricket, hassock; seat; footrest, footstool; priedieu, kneeling stool; piano stool, milking stool, ducking stool. See support. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seat, footstool, footrest, ottoman, hassock; see… …
26Cucking stool — Ducking stool at Leominster. Last used in 1809 …
27stool — n. a cucking, ducking; step stool * * * [stuːl] ducking step stool a cucking …
28cucking-stool — , ducking stool a stool placed over a river in which scolding women are seated and ducked. North …
29cucking and ducking stools — ▪ punishment a method of punishment by means of humiliation, beating, or death. The cucking stool (also known as a “scolding stool” or a “stool of repentance”) was in most cases a commode or toilet, placed in public view, upon which the… …
30Cucking stool — Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to dung, k?kr… …