/hook"swing'ing/ , n.
a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
[ 1890-95; HOOK 1 + SWING 1 + -ING 1 ]
/hook"swing'ing/ , n.
a ritualistic torture, practiced among the Mandan Indians, in which a voluntary victim was suspended from hooks attached to the flesh of the back.
[ 1890-95; HOOK 1 + SWING 1 + -ING 1 ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012