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A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.

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  1. n. A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds.
  2. n. A rough cart.
  3. n. A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like.
  4. n. A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep.
  5. n. a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution
  6. 1. A cucking stool for the punishment of scolds. 2. A rough cart. Tusser. Tatler. 3. (Mil.) A cart or carriage with two wheels, which accompanies troops or artillery, to convey the tools of pioneers, cartridges, and the like. 4. A kind of basket or cage of osiers, willows, or the like, to hold hay and other food for sheep. [Eng.]
  7. n a farm dumpcart for carrying dung; carts of this type were used to carry prisoners to the guillotine during the French Revolution