Word Meanings - PRETORTURE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

To torture beforehand. Fuller.

Related words: (words related to PRETORTURE)

• TORTURE
  rack, torture; probably akin to Gr. tre`pein to turn, G. drechsein to turn on a lathe, and perhaps to E. queer. Cf. Contort, Distort, 1. Extreme pain; anguish of body or mind; pang; agony; torment; as, torture of mind. Shak. Ghastly spasm
• BEFOREHAND
  1. In a state of anticipation ore preoccupation; in advance; -- often followed by with. Agricola . . . resolves to be beforehand with the danger. Milton. The last cited author has been beforehand with me. Addison. 2. By way of preparation,
• FULLERY
  The place or the works where the fulling of cloth is carried on.
• TORTURER
  One who tortures; a tormentor.
• FULLER
  One whose occupation is to full cloth. Fuller's earth, a variety of clay, used in scouring and cleansing cloth, to imbibe grease. -- Fuller's herb , the soapwort , formerly used to remove stains from cloth. -- Fuller's thistle or weed
• PRETORTURE
  To torture beforehand. Fuller.
• SELF-TORTURE
  The act of inflicting pain on one's self; pain inflicted on one's self.