Torture (2 syl.)
. The most celebrated instruments of torture were the rack, called by the English “the Duke of Exeter’s daughter;” the thumbikins, or thumbscrews, the boots, the pincers, the manacles, and the scavenger’s daughter (q.v.).
· 
· 
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Entry taken from
Dictionary of Phrase and Fable,
edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.