Devil On The Neck - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: devil on the neckDevil on the neck
Devil on the neck, an instrument of torture, formerly used to extort confessions, etc. It was made of several irons, which were fastened to the neck and legs and wrenched together so as to break the back...
Devilism
The state of the devil or of devils doctrine of the devil or of devils...
Dare devil
A reckless fellow Also used adjectively as dare devil excitement...
Deviling
A young devil...
Devilize
To make a devil of...
Ewe necked
Having a neck like a ewe said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficient being somewhat hollowed out...
Necked
Having such a neck chiefly used in composition as stiff necked...
Devil's advocate
Devil's advocate. See ADVOCATE DIABOLI....
Neck verse
Neck verse, means a verse, which was used as a literary test for an accused who claimed benefit of clergy. An accused who read the passage satisfactorily would not receive the maximum sentence (the person's neck would be saved), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1053....
bull necked
Having a short thick and muscular neck like that of a bull...
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