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    • Sarahundefined
      Sarah
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      An ancient mode of punishing criminals among the Persians, byconfining the victim in a trough, with his head and limbs smearedwith honey or the like, and exposed to the sun and to insects untilhe died.

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        Scaphism meaning & definition 1 of Scaphism.

      • Sarahundefined
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        Scaphism, also known as the boats, is an ancient Persian method of execution designed to inflict torturous death. The name comes from the Greek word skaphe, meaning scooped

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          Scaphism meaning & definition 2 of Scaphism.

        • Sarahundefined
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          Death by being coverd in honey and left out in the hot sun.

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            Scaphism meaning & definition 3 of Scaphism.

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