squassation

noun

Definitions

  1. A variant of the strappado in which the victim's ankles are also tied with heavy weights…

    A variant of the strappado in which the victim's ankles are also tied with heavy weights attached.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for squassation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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