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• squassation — /skwo say sheuhn/, n. a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms. [1725 35; < It squass(are) to shake severely ( < VL *exquassare;… …   Universalium

• squassation — /skwo say sheuhn/, n. a form of strappado in which the victim, with arms bound behind and feet heavily weighted, was jerked up and down at the end of a rope passed under the arms. [1725 35; < It squass(are) to shake severely ( < VL… …   Useful english dictionary