BREAKING ON THE See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• BREAKING ON THE WHEEL

WHEEL  , a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture and See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution formerly in use, especially in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• GERMANY
• GERMANY (Ger. Deutschland)

Germany . It is said to have been first used in the latter See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, where the victim was placed on a See also:

• CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

cart-See also:

• WHEEL (0. Eng. hweol, hweohl, &c., cognate with Icel. hjol, Dan. hiul, the Indo-European root is seen in Sanskrit chakra, Gr. r in Aos, circle, whence " cycle ")
• WHEEL, BREAKING ON THE

wheel and his limbs stretched out along the spokes . The wheel was made to slowly revolve, and the See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man's bones broken with blows of an See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar . Sometimes it was mercifully ordered that the executioner should strike the criminal on See also:

• CHEST (Gr. Kiarl, Lat. cista, O. Eng. cist, test, &c.)

chest and See also:

• STOMACH (Gr. vrbsaxos from arbga, a mouth)

stomach, blows known as coups de See also:

• GRACE (Fr. grace, Lat. gratia, from grates, beloved, pleasing; formed from the root cra-, Gr. xav-, cf. xaipw, x6p,ua, Xapts)
• GRACE, WILLIAM GILBERT (1848– )

grace, which at once ended the torture, and in France he was usually strangled after the second or third See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow . A wheel was not always used In some countries it was upon a See also:

• FRAME

frame shaped like St See also:

• ANDREW (Gr. 'AvBp4as, manly)
• ANDREW, JOHN ALBION (1818-1867)

Andrew's See also:

• CROSS

Cross that the sufferer was stretched . The See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment was abolished in France. at the Revolution . It was employed in Germany as See also:

• LATE

late as 1827 . A murderer was broken on the See also:

• ROW, JOHN (c. 1525—1580)

row or wheel at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh in 1604, and two of the assassins of the See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent See also:

• LENNOX
• LENNOX, CHARLOTTE (1720-1804)
• LENNOX, MARGARET, COUNTESS OF (1515-1578)

Lennox thus suffered See also:

• DEATH

death .