scourge

Roget category 975

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.5. Moral institutions

#975. [Instrument of punishment.] Scourge

noun

scourge, rod, cane, stick — ratan^†, rattan — birch, birch rod — azote^†, blacksnake^†, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote^†, kurbash^†, quirt, rawhide, sjambok^† — rod in pickle — switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon.
whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout — cat, cat o'nine tails — rope's end.
pillory, stocks, whipping post — cucking stool^†, ducking stool — brank^† — trebuchet^†, trebuket^†.
[instruments of torture: list], triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel — chinese water torture.
treadmill, crank, galleys.
scaffold — block, ax, guillotine — stake — cross — gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring — death chair, electric chair — gas chamber — lethal injection — firing squad — mecate^†.
house of correction etc. (prison) 752.
goaler, jailer — executioner — electrocutioner^† — lyncher — hangman — headsman^† — Jack Ketch.

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