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|Transliteration C=maschalizo | |Transliteration C=maschalizo | ||
|Beta Code=masxali/zw | |Beta Code=masxali/zw | ||
|Definition=<span class="sense"> | |Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">put under the arm-pits</b>: hence, [[mutilate]] 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, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>439</span> (lyr., Pass.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>445</span> (Pass.), cf. Ar.Byz. ap. Phot., Suid. s.v. [[μασχαλίσματα]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>118.29</span>, *<span class="bibl">574.202</span>, etc.</span> | ||
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