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11Ducking and Diving — Robin Hood episode Episode no. Season 2 Episode 5 Directed by Matthew Evans Written by …
12ducking stool — n a seat on the end of a long pole, used in the past to put a person under water as a punishment …
13ducking stool — ► NOUN historical ▪ a chair fastened to the end of a pole, used to plunge offenders into a pond or river as a punishment …
14ducking stool — n. [altered (infl. by DUCK2) < CUCKING STOOL] Historical a chair at the end of a plank, in which a culprit was tied and then ducked into water as a punishment …
15Ducking and shaving — The practice of shaving new seamen and ducking them in the sea the first time they cross the Tropic of Cancer. The custom, common on 18th century British sailing vessels, involved tying a rope around the man and dunking him in the sea three times …
16ducking and diving — informal if you spend your time ducking and diving, you are involved in many different activities, especially ones which are not honest. What do you do for a living? This and that, ducking and diving …
17ducking stool — Cucking stool Cuck ing stool (k?k ?ng st??l ). [Cf. AS. scealfingst[=o]l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k?ka to …
18ducking stool — Castigatory Cas ti*ga*to*ry, n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; called also a {ducking stool}, or {trebucket}. Blacktone. [1913 Webster] …
19ducking stool — noun A chair used to punish women, especially scolds, by ducking them in water …
20Ducking — Погружение (напр. стереотипа в воду для охлаждения) …