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Crucify :: Crucify (v. t.) To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

Gibbet :: Gibbet (n.) The projecting arm of a crane, from which the load is suspended; the jib..

Fork :: Fork (n.) The gibbet.

Gibbet :: Gibbet (n.) 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..

Gibbeting :: Gibbeting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gibbe.

Flibbertigibbet :: Flibbertigibbet (n.) An imp.

Cross :: Cross (n.) A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals..

Gibbet :: Gibbet (v. t.) To expose to infamy; to blacken.

Gibbet :: Gibbet (v. t.) To hang and expose on a gibbet.

Gibbeted :: Gibbeted (imp. & p. p.) of Gibbe.

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