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monument Word or Phrase:FULLING STOCKS *  
Definition:Large wooden hammer beams pounding cloth in a fulling solution.

monument Word or Phrase:STOCKS *  
Definition:An instrument of punishment, in which the offender was placed in a sitting position in a timber frame, with holes to confine the ankles and wrists between two planks.

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