μασχαλίζω
μασχαλίζω,
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"definition": "<i>put under the arm-pits</i>: hence, <i>mutilate</i> a corpse, since murderers believed that by cutting off the extremities (nose, ears, etc.), stringing them together, and passing the string round the neck and under the arm-pits of the victim they would avert vengeance, A. Ch. 439 (lyr., Pass.), S. El. 445 ( Pass.), cf. Ar.Byz. ap. Phot., Suid. s.v. μασχαλίσματα, EM 118.29, * 574.202, etc.",
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"key": "masxali/zw",
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