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Ducking Stool

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Noun

1. cucking stool, ducking stool

an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water

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Ducking Stool

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noun
history
a chair or stool used for the punishment of offenders by plunging them into water

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Ducking Stool

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Obsolete
a chair at the end of a plank, in which a culprit was tied and then ducked into water as a punishment

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Ducking Stool

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n.
A chair attached to a board or pole, formerly used as a punishment for offenders, in which a person was tied and ducked into water.

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