STOCKS (punishment)
NOUNS
1567 ► the stocks → HARMANS → thieves’ cant obs.
1600 ► the stocks; prison → CAPERDOCHY → obs.
1650 ► the stocks → CATASTA → humorous usage, obs.
1663 ► the stocks; prison → CAPERDEWSIE → obs.
L18 ► the stocks → ANKLE-SPRING WAREHOUSE → Irish sl.
20C ► the stocks → TIMBER → sl.
NOUNS, PERSON
L17 ► one who is imprisoned in the stocks or pillory → BABE IN THE WOOD → sl.
Lexicophilia 