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{{Short description|Torture device}} ...lowly advanced the blade into the boot, punching a hole through the center of the instep. ...

{{Short description|Torture method}} ...nish]] technique of [[torture]] for crushing the toes and fingers by means of pillories and wedges.<ref>"Tormento" in ''Larousse Enciclopedia Gran Univer ...

{{Short description|Medieval torture device}} ...n accused person was to plunge his arm up to his elbow. Its use was a form of [[trial by ordeal]].<ref>[[Henry Campbell Black]], ''Black's Law Dictionary ...

{{Short description|Torture device}} ...of shame" or "barrel of shame"), sometimes also '''Spanish coat''', is a [[torture device]] which came into use in the 13th century. {{lang|de|Schandmantels}} ...

{{Short description|Torture device}} [[File:A Torture Rack.jpg|thumb|A torture rack, photographed in the Tower of London, England.]] ...

{{Short description|Form of torture using iron combs}} ...ing]] being a completely different process) is a sometimes-fatal form of [[torture]] in which [[combing|iron comb]]s designed to prepare [[wool]] and other [[ ...

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{{Short description|Mythical torture device}} {{about|the supposed torture device|the band|Iron Maiden|other uses|Iron Maiden (disambiguation)}} ...

{{Short description|Torture device}} {{Redirect-distinguish2|Torture rack|the [[Argentine backbreaker rack]] used in [[professional wrestling]]} ...

{{short description|Use of tickling to abuse, dominate, harass, humiliate, or interrogate an individua [[File:Rothenburg Germany Torture Museum (4139740862).jpg|thumb| A painting at the [[Rothenburg ob der Tauber ...

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...story Buff", and Regina Cotter as Shell in the Kitchen cooking traditional medieval delicacies. ...ities you can do (with varying degrees of difficulty) while wearing a suit of armour. ...

{{Short description|Chinese torture method}} ...a person could not be convicted of a crime unless they [[Confession (law)#Torture|confessed]]. The ''jiagun'' was a legal and non-lethal method for torturing ...

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...d as a form of [[corporal punishment]] and [[public humiliation]]. The use of stocks is seen as early as Ancient Greece, where they are described as bein [[File:Millerd1728dhighcross.jpg|thumb|upright|The south prospect of the High Cross in Bristol (1728)]] ...

...ee townhouses, and then went through several reconstructions in the course of the centuries. ...f> The outlook from the top of the Old Town Hall tower offers a round view of Bratislava Old Town and its environs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.infoglo ...

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Death by '''crushing''' or '''pressing''' is a method of [[capital punishment|execution]] that has a history during which the techni A common method of death throughout South and Southeast Asia for over 4,000 years was crushing ...