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A device consisting of a metal frame for the head and a bit to restrain the tongue, formerly used to punish scolds. Usually used in the plural.

[Possibly from Dutch branken, legs (of a compass, scissors, etc.), pl. of branke, branch, from Late Latin branca, paw; see branch.]

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Brankursine Scolding bridle			They'll be joined by The Kathryn Tickell Band, Wheeler Street, Ranarim, The Anna Massie Band, Ruth Notman, and Southport's own Bothy Folk Club with guests, Scold's Bridle and Roger Wilson. Folk festival returns after debut success; ARTS DIARY Top names on ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) It includes the spooky Hand of Glory - the preserved hand and arm of a young child found hidden in a chimney of a local pub in the 1870s; and the cruel Scold's Bridle - used as a punishment for nagging and gossiping women. Region's history to be revealed by Birmingham Mail (England) A dramatic monologue written in the persona of Howard about his life in the prisons closes the book, while the volume is pervaded by images of enclosures both real and imagined, difficult and pleasurable: a seventeenth-century scold's bridle, a childhood book, a swimming pool, and the body, to name a few. An American Abroad: Four Recent Collections of British Poetry by Etter, Carrie / West Branch			sclerotium rot sclerotization sclerotize Sclerotome sclerotomy sclerous SCLK ScM SCNT Scoat Scobby Scobiform Scobs scody scoff scoffer Scoffery scoffing scoffingly scofflaw Scofield scoinson arch Scoke Scolay scold Scold's bridle Scolder scolding Scolding bridle Scoldingly Scole Scolecida scoleciphobia scolecite scolecology Scolecomorpha scolex Scoley scolion scoliosis Scolithus scollop Scolopacidae Scolopacine Scolopax Scolopax rusticola Scolopendra scolopendrid Scolopendrine scolopendrium Scolopendrium nigripes			SCoGB SCOGP SCOGS Scogui SCOH SCOHOST SCOHP SCOHS SCOHSG SCOHTS SCOI SCOIC SCOICC scoinson arch scoinson arch SCOIS SCOJD scoke scoke scoke SCOL SCOLA SCOLAS Scolay scold scold scold scold about scold for Scold's bridle scolded scolded scolded scolder scolder scolder scolders scolders scolding scolding scolding Scolding bridle scoldingly scoldingly scoldingly scolds scolds scolds SCOLE SCOLE scoleces scoleces scoleces Scolecida Scolecida Scoleciphobia Scoleciphobia Scoleciphobia Scoleciphobia Scolecite

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