Scaphism

Noun

Definitions

1.NounA form of execution, among the ancient Persians, in which the victim is fastened into a hollow boat, force-fed and slathered in honey and milk and exposed to insects until the victim's death.

Synonyms

boating scarpines sky burial scavenger's daughter scything scarificator skeffington's daughter scatolia scaup scythework scab scuttling

Rhymes With

sophism psephism

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