Crossword-Solution: SPREADEAGLING
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Archaic object pronoun
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Hint 1 meaning
The objective case of thou. See Thou.
Hint 2 anagram
HTEE
Hint 3 another clue
BEING USED OR WORKED FOR THE FIRST TIME
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Sentences with SPREADEAGLING (2)
Drawing and quartering were reinstituted; this not proving an efficient deterrent, many jurists advocated a return to the Roman practice of spreadeagling a man to death; but the churches vigorously objected to this suggestion as blasphemous, believing the ordinary sight of crucified murderers would tend to debase the central symbol of Christianity.
They had managed somehow to get inside his clothing, nor dared he move either to crush or dislodge them; and the incident brought back stories he had heard from Ben Halse and others of the old-time way of torturing those accused of witchcraft: spreadeagling them over an ants' nest to be eaten alive.