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Gallows

Gallows (gallows)
n. sing.(?)
Gal"lows
; pl. Gallowses (#) or Gallows. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. *** OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. g&amacr]lgi<
  1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything.

    So they hanged Haman on the gallows. Esther vii. 10.

    If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. Shak.

    O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses! Shak.

  2. A wretch who deserves the gallows.
    [R.] Shak.
  3. The rest for the tympan when raised.
  4. A pair of suspenders or braces.
    [Colloq.]

    Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] -- Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc. -- Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts. -- Gallows, or Gallow tree, the gallows.

    At length him nailéd on a gallow tree. Spenser.













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