Castigatory
51tymbrella — /timbrels/ In old English law, a tumbrel, castigatory, or ducking stool, anciently used as an instrument of punishment for common scolds …
52cocking-stool — A contrivance, also called the trebucket or castigatory, formerly provided in England for the correction of common scolds. The word was said to have come from the Saxon language in which it signified a scolding stool. It was finally corrupted… …
53castigate — [kas′ti gāt΄] vt. castigated, castigating [< L castigatus, pp. of castigare, to purify, chastise < castus, pure (see CASTE) + agere: see ACT1] to punish or rebuke severely, esp. by harsh public criticism SYN. PUNISH castigation n.… …
54castigate — v.tr. rebuke or punish severely. Derivatives: castigation n. castigator n. castigatory adj. Etymology: L castigare reprove f. castus pure …
