(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:01:13

Pin"ny*win`kles (?), n. pl.

An instrument of torture, consisting of a board with holes into which the fingers were pressed, and fastened with pegs.

[Written also pilliewinkles.] [Scot.]

Sir W. Scott.

 

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