forcipation

English

Noun

forcipation (uncountable)

1. (rare) torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers
   • 1592, Francis Bacon, Observations on a Libel:

     And à punishment surely it is , though of great terror , yet by reason of the quick dispatching , of less torment far than either the wheel or forcipation , yea than simple burning

References

• “forcipation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.