Definition of Scaphism. Meaning of Scaphism. Synonyms of Scaphism

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Definition of Scaphism

Scaphism
Scaphism Scaph"ism, n. [Gr. ska`fh a trough.] An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died.

Meaning of Scaphism from wikipedia

- Scaphism (from Gr**** σκάφη, meaning "boat"), also known as the boats, is reported by Plutarch in his Life of Artaxerxes as an ancient Persian method of...
- The Boat (short story collection), a 2008 book by Nam Le The boats, or scaphism, an alleged ancient method of execution The Boat, a nickname for Mayflower...
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- drawn and quartered Immurement Impalement Ishikozume Mazzatello Sawing Scaphism Slow slicing Stoning Suffocation in ash Upright jerker Waist chop Related...
- describe cyphonism more specifically as involving a method similar to scaphism, in which a person's naked body, having been locked in the kyphōn, was...
- bestias, the Roman practice of execution by wild animals such as lions Scaphism, an alleged ancient Persian execution method where a victim would be eaten...
- C. Bain Correctional Center or "The Boat", a New York floating prison Scaphism, or The Boats, an ancient execution method Boat, a drawing by Hamid Naderi...
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