Forcipation

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers rare, uncountable

    "And à punishment surely it is , though of great terror , yet by reason of the quick dispatching , of less torment far than either the wheel or forcipation , yea than simple burning"

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"And à punishment surely it is , though of great terror , yet by reason of the quick dispatching , of less torment far than either the wheel or forcipation , yea than simple burning"

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