Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A gallows. Now gallows-tree.
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Both thou and them shall hang on the gallow-tree. '
Ballads of Scottish Tradition and Romance Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Third Series Various
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The rope and the gibbet is to be his portion; die he must; and what honour a man wins or saves, by that which gives him an opportunity of being hanged, is hard to be understood; but he that mistakes the cart for a triumphal chariot, or the gallow-tree for a triumphal arch, may apply himself to the obtaining such victories as these.
Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. VII. 1634-1716 1823
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