Floggings usually are performed with the cat-o'- nine tails, which consist of nine knotted cords attached to a handle designed to tear an offender's back to shreds.
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:: : There theoretically might have been tally-marks galore ( on notched sticks or knotted cords or whatever ), but it's indisputable that there was no linguistic writing system whatever.
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They agreed to begin the revolt on August 13, 1680 and runners were sent out to each Pueblo with knotted cords, the number of knots corresponding to the days left before the revolt was to begin.
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The body was found resting upright on the knees, with a knotted cord draped over the skull . did not interrogate M�nzenberg's fellow camp inmates, and cause of death was listed officially as suicide.
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A knotted cord 12 lengths long ( the units do not matter ) closed into a loop can be used to lay out a right angle by forming the loop of cord into a 3 4 5 triangle.
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One mysterious Veiled Lady who pays their bill leads them, afterwards, to an underground city where they are all flogged with knotted cords as part of a strange religious ritual, and then given beds for the night.
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Simon and Grube argue that " the connection between the living and the dead is manifested [ on this stela ] as a'knotted cord'or breath which travels down to enter the nose of the deceased ".
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The name was explained in both texts as referring to the savage inhabitants'ability to tie the wind up in knotted cords, which they sold to sailors who could then undo a knot whenever they needed a good wind.
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However, there is a traditional form of dress, ( usually a floor-length tunic and a knotted cord cincture, known as the " cingulum " ), which is often worn by worshipers during religious rites.
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Some members of strict monastic orders, and some members of the Catholic lay organization Opus Dei, practice mild self-flagellation using an instrument called a " discipline ", a cattail whip usually made of knotted cords, which is flung over the shoulders repeatedly during private prayer.
