pear of anguish, also known as choke pear or mouth pear, is a device of disputed use invented in the early modern period. The mechanism consists of a...

as the 'choke-pear', though it is far less marvellous and dangerous than the pear of Palioly." Though there is little or no evidence of its being used...

suffer great displeasures". Possibly because of this idiom, the names "choke pear" and "pear of anguish" have been used for a gagging device allegedly...

history of the device. According to Siebenkees' colportage, it was first used on August 14, 1515, to execute a coin forger. Pear of anguish—another supposed...

Look up Pyrus, pear, pear tree, or pears in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A pear is a tree of the genus Pyrus and the fruit of that tree, edible in...

Choke pear may refer to: Choke pear (plant), any variety of astringent pear fruit Pear of anguish, a device found in some museums This disambiguation...

Muslims in the context of the war between the Ottoman Empire, the Byzantine Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary. Pear of anguish: Created in the fifteenth...

million downloads worldwide. As of April 2022, it has had more than 100 million downloads. The show was announced as one of the most popular podcasts in...

History, the founder and employees of the ScareFactory attempt to recreate ancient devices. The main team consists of Dave Fachman (Boss), Eric Conrath...

"Wanderer". The original weight of this pear-shaped pearl was 223.8 grains, (55.95 carats, 11.2 g, almost .4 oz.). At the time of its discovery, it was the...

(February 2, 2000). Pentagon Orders Training to Prevent Harassment of Gays. The New York Times Pear, Robert (December 12, 1999). President Admits "Don't Ask" policy...

time in the near future, the United States is fighting a war against the "Pear Mesa Budget Committee", a local AI government that emerged from an environmental...

strong, an introvert, but any anguish he suffers is caused by others." He was asked about the casting of Tom Cruise in the role of Jack Reacher. Cruise's casting...

seventh season episode "The Perfect Pear", he supplied the voice of Grand Pear, the estranged maternal grandfather of Applejack and her siblings. He announced...

transported back to the turmoil, destruction and anguish of 9/11. Exhibits express the disbelief and heartache of New York and the nation." A neighborhood that...

lamented, for it defeats the exhortation of Jesus Christ “that they may all be one" (John 17:21). The anguish over the past has spurred both sides, particularly...

Birds of a Feather is a British television sitcom, created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, and stars Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph...

incorporated Spanish loanwords as a result of 333 years of contact with the Spanish language. In their analysis of José Villa Panganiban's Talahuluganang...

the circumstances of his birth, Amalia stabs herself. The slaves burst in, lifting him onto their shoulders, oblivious to his anguish. As they carry him...

and denial of freedom through conflict with the other. Sartre believes that it is often created as a means of making the unbearable anguish of a person's...

Spanish must have tormented the inhabitants of Tlaltenango and its surrounding area. So great was the anguish that in 1531, from the mountains near El Teúl...

experienced love and puts the anguish tormenting her heart into a song called "Tenderness”. At present Doronina is artistic director of the Gorky MKhAT [ru],...

from the light touch of passing admiration to the triumphant madness of soul and sense, or the deep and everlasting anguish of survivorship." A review...

November 2016. Stuttaford, Thomas (20 September 2007). "Let's all go pear-shaped: In an age of obesity and anorexia it's vital to understand the best shape and...

Acting Flight Lieutenants T. E. C. Ainslie, DFC (Can/C.28055). J. M. Anguish (Can/J.8435). H. N. Cuming (Can/J.19790). H. D. Davy (Can/J.17815). O....

Japanese). Retrieved 8 August 2022. "Rethinking the way to go: Anguish on reversal of innocence and a new tragedy – serialization". Nishinippon Shimbun...

shunned by society. This can be understood to provide much of the undercurrent of anguish for the characters, particularly in Laura Brown's case. Without...

A list of feature films produced or filmed in the territory of modern-day North Macedonia. "FNE at Skopje Film Festival". filmneweurope.com. "Премиера...

“The Prickly Pear” at the Q Theatre. In April Mary replaced Irene Brown as Stella Harringway in “Children to Bless You” at the Duke of York's Theatre...

ISBN 978-3-86838-067-5. Pears, David F. "A Special Supplement: The Development of Wittgenstein's Philosophy", The New York Review of Books, 10 July 1969. Pears, David...