GREGORIAN TREE

Domain	Definition
Literature	Gregorian Tree The gallows; so named from three successive hangmen - Gregory, sen., Gregory, jun., and Gregory Brandon. Sir William Segar, Garter Knight of Arms, granted a coat of arms to Gregory Brandon. (See Hangmen.) "This trembles under the black rod, and he Doth fear his fate from the Gregorian tree." Mercutius Pragmaticus (1641). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
Slang in 1811	GREGORIAN TREE. The gallows: so named from Gregory Brandon, a famous finisher of the law; to whom Sir William Segar, garter king of arms (being imposed on by Brooke, a herald), granted a coat of arms. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Anagrams: GREGORIAN TREE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-e-e-e-g-g-i-n-o-r-r-r-t"
	-2 letters: regenerator.
	-3 letters: interrogee, regreeting.
	-4 letters: garroting, gartering, generator, gregarine, orangerie, orienteer, regearing, regrating, retearing.
	-5 letters: agreeing, anterior, erigeron, garoting, garroter, generate, gorgerin, gratinee, greenier, greeting, interage, orangier, ornerier, reengage, regainer, reorient, retainer, teenager.
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