scourge, rod, cane, stick; ratan, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote, blacksnake, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok; rod in pickle; switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon., whip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout; cat, cat o'nine tails; rope's end., pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool, ducking stool; brank; trebuchet, trebuket., triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel., treadmill, crank, galleys., scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; mecate., house of correction (prison)., goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner; lyncher; hangman; headsman; Jack Ketch.