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hang, draw and quarter
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(Verb) Archaic mode of execution in which the soon-to-be-deceased is hanged, cut down while still alive, cut open (drawn) - and, with ropes tied to his limbs at one end and horses at the other, torn apart.Usage: At the end of Braveheart, William Wallace Mel Gibson is hanged and drawn, but not hanged, drawn and quartered - maybe because that would be too gruesome.
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hang up (one's) helmet
hang up one's hat
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handski
handsome
handstaff
handy
Handy (Andy)
handy work
handy-dandy
hang
hang a b.a.
hang a darky
hang a goober
hang about
hang ten
hang up (one's) helmet
hang up one's hat
hang, draw and quarter
hang-downHanga Roa
hangar
hangdog
hangers
hanging at the Y
hanging bacon
hanging basket
hanging five
Hanging Johnny
hanging the old man
hangover
hangry
Hangul
HANH
HANIS