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garrotte, garrote, garotte 1. a Spanish method of execution by strangulation or by breaking the neck 2. the device, usually an iron collar, used in such executions 3. Obsolete strangulation of one's victim while committing robbery How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Ozmen L, Roman D, Fountoulakis M, Schmid G, Ryffel B, Garotte G. In the meantime, guards found a homemade garotte in the subject's cell, and prosecutors filed a felony charge of weapon possession while in prison. 61, whose divine help was petitioned to ward off the Romans, whose recent victory nearby had severed the gold trade route; (5) He had been sacrificed to three Celtic gods, whose Teutonic names survive in Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday: to Teutates, the god of the tribe, by drowning; to Wodin, the war god, by strangulation with a three-knotted garotte, while his jugular was lanced and his blood collected in a bowl; and to Thor, the thunder god, by three blows to the head. |
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