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1. (n.) ducking stool
a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
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1. (noun) cucking stool, ducking stool
an instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which offenders were ducked in water
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1. ducking stool
a stool or chair in which a scolding woman was confined, and set before her own door to be pelted at, or borne in a tumbrel through the town to be jeered at, or placed at the end of a see-saw and ducked in a pool.
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