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It is not only important, but, in a degree necessary, that the people of this country, should have an American Dictionary of the English language; for, although the body of the language is the same as in England, and it is desirable to perpetuate that sameness, yet some differences must exist. Language is the expression of ideas; and if the people of one country cannot preserve an identity of ideas, they cannot retain an identity of language. |
PIL'LORY, n. [L. palus, a stake, a pile.] A frame of wood erected on posts, with movable boards and holes, through which are put the head and hands of a criminal for punishment.
PIL'LORY, v.t. To punish with the pillory.
A frame of
adjustable boards erected on a post, and having holes through which
the head and hands of an offender were thrust so as to be exposed in
front of it.
Shak. To set in, or punish with, the pillory.
"Hungering for
Puritans to pillory." Macaulay. Figuratively, to expose to public
scorn.
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