Cuttystool

Cuttystool
Cuttystool Cut"ty*stool` (-st[=oo]l`), n. 1. A low stool. [Scot.] [1913 Webster]

2. A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister. [1913 Webster] ||


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