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thumbscrews (corporal punishment equipment) (punishment devices, <equipment for corporal punishment>, ... Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Simple vices, sometimes with protruding studs on the interior surfaces, designed as a torture instrument. The victim's thumbs or fingers were placed in the vice and slowly crushed. |
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thumbscrews (corporal punishment equipment) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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thumbscrew (corporal punishment equipment) (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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thumbikins (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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pilliwinks (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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pilliwincks (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
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duimschroeven (martelwerktuigen) (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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duimschroef (martelwerktuig) (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)
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poucettes (C,U,French-P,AD,U,FSN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.TH |
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........ Tools and Equipment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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............ equipment (G) |
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.................... <equipment for corporal punishment> (G) |
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........................ punishment devices (G,U) |
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............................ thumbscrews (corporal punishment equipment) (P,U) |
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Dutch ..... De duimschroef is een martelwerktuig. Het is een eenvoudige bankschroef, soms met uitstekende noppen op de binnenoppervlakken. Duim of vingers van het slachtoffer werden in de bankschroef geplaatst en langzaam verpletterd. |
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