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  1. 1. n. An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died. Source: opted
  2. 2. An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, by confining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smeared with honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects until he died. Source: webster
  3. 3. An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, byconfining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smearedwith honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects untilhe died. Source: adambom

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