PILLIWINKS


Meaning of PILLIWINKS in English

/pil"euh wingks'/ , n. ( used with a sing. or pl. v. )

an old instrument of torture similar to the thumbscrew.

[ 1350-1400; Scots var. of late ME pyrwykes, pyrewinkes ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .