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An engine for casting stones.

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  1. n. An engine for casting stones.
  2. n. Extreme pain; anguish; torture; the utmost degree of misery, either of body or mind.
  3. n. That which gives pain, vexation, or misery.
  4. v. t. To put to extreme pain or anguish; to inflict excruciating misery upon, either of body or mind; to torture.
  5. v. t. To pain; to distress; to afflict.
  6. v. t. To tease; to vex; to harass; as, to be tormented with importunities, or with petty annoyances.
  7. v. t. To put into great agitation.
  8. n. unbearable physical pain
  9. n. extreme mental distress
  10. n. intense feelings of suffering; acute mental or physical pain
  11. n. a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented
  12. n. a severe affliction