cuckingstool

cuckingstool
cuck·ing stool (kŭkʹĭng) n.
An instrument of punishment no longer in use, consisting of a chair in which the offender was tied and exposed to public derision or ducked in water.
  [Middle English cukking stol, from cukken, to defecate, of Scandinavian origin. See kakka-.

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  • cuckingstool — sb. Rel. Ant. ii. p. 176 …   Oldest English Words

  • scold — To rebuke or find fault with another. A person, especially a woman, who scolds. See common scold; cuckingstool; scolding …   Ballentine's law dictionary

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