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Pillories
- noun - a wooden instrument of punishment on a post with holes for the wrists and neck; offenders were locked in and so exposed to public scorn
- criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
- expose to ridicule or public scorn
- punish by putting in a pillory
Pillorize
- - To set in, or punish with, the pillory; to pillory.
Pillowing
- verb - rest on or as if on a pillow; "pillow your head"
Pincoffin
- - A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints.
Pindolols
- noun - an oral beta blocker (trade name Visken) used in treating hypertension
Pinioning
- verb - bind the arms of
- cut the wings off (of birds)
Pinpoints
- noun - a very brief moment; "they were strangers sharing a pinpoint of time together"
- a very small spot; "the plane was just a speck in the sky"
- locate exactly; "can you pinpoint the position of the enemy?"; "The chemists could not nail the identity of the chromosome"
- the sharp point of a pin
Pistoleer
- noun - someone armed with a pistol (especially a soldier so armed)