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Definition: SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER |
SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER1. [corrupt. of Skevington's daughter], an instrument of torture invented by Sir W. Skevington, which so compressed the body as to force the blood to flow from the nostrils, and sometimes from the hands and feet. --Am. Cyc. |
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Literature | Scavenger's Daughter An instrument of torture invented by Sir William Skevington, lieutenant of the Tower in the reign of Henry VIII. As Skevington was the father of the instrument, the instrument was his daughter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SCAVENGER'S DAUGHTER"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Albanian | torture. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | клещи за изтезаване. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avenger'sscay aughterday тиски (clamp, grip, gripe, jaw vice, jaws, nip, stranglehold, vice, vice-grip, vise). (various references) skevingtonova ćerka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 43 41 56 45 4E 47 45 52 27 53 44 41 55 47 48 54 45 52 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01000011 01000001 01010110 01000101 01001110 01000111 01000101 01010010 00100111 01010011 00100000 01000100 01000001 01010101 01000111 01001000 01010100 01000101 01010010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S C A V E N G E R ' S   D A U G H T E R |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0043 0041 0056 0045 004E 0047 0045 0052 0027 0053 0044 0041 0055 0047 0048 0054 0045 0052 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53373556394841395295323835554142543952 |
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