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(noun) - (1) A punishment among the vulgar; inflicted upon fornicators, adulterers, severe husbands, etc. . . . Offenders . . . are mounted astraddle on a long pole, or stang, supported upon the shoulders of their companions.
--John Brockett's Glossary of North Country Words, 1825
(2) Stang, a strong piece of wood on which the carcasses of beasts are suspended by the sinews of the hind legs.
--William Carr's Dialect of Craven, 1828
January 16, 2018