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sassywood
IPA(Pronunciation)
Noun
uncountable
usually
A
form
of
trial
by
ordeal
in
Liberia,
typically
involving
a
suspect
drinking
a
poisonous
concoction
made
from
the
bark
of
the
ordeal
tree
Erythrophleum
guineense,
Erythrophleum
ivorense,
or
Erythrophleum
suaveolens
(called
sassy
bark);
by
extension,
other
forms
of
trial
by
ordeal
such
as
applying
a
heated
machete
to
the
suspect's
legs,
or
dipping
the
suspect's
hand
into
hot
oil.
Japanese Meaning
リベリアにおける試練の一形態を指し、被疑者が特定の樹木（エリトロフレウム属）の樹皮から作られた毒液を飲むことで、その人物の真実や無実を判定する儀式（試練）を意味する。 / 拡張的には、被疑者の脚に加熱されたマチェーテを当てる、あるいは手を熱い油に浸すなど、他の形態の試練（裁き）の方法を示す。
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A
form
of
trial
by
ordeal
in
Liberia,
typically
involving
a
suspect
drinking
a
poisonous
concoction
made
from
the
bark
of
the
ordeal
tree
Erythrophleum
guineense,
Erythrophleum
ivorense,
or
Erythrophleum
suaveolens
(called
sassy
bark);
by
extension,
other
forms
of
trial
by
ordeal
such
as
applying
a
heated
machete
to
the
suspect's
legs,
or
dipping
the
suspect's
hand
into
hot
oil.
（ plural ）
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A form of trial by ordeal in Liberia, typically involving a suspect drinking a poisonous concoction made from the bark of the ordeal tree Erythrophleum guineense, Erythrophleum ivorense, or Erythrophleum suaveolens (called sassy bark); by extension, other forms of trial by ordeal such as applying a heated machete to the suspect's legs, or dipping the suspect's hand into hot oil.
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sassywood
In some rural Liberian communities, accused persons were sometimes subjected to sassywood as a grim test of innocence.
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In some rural Liberian communities, accused persons were sometimes subjected to sassywood as a grim test of innocence.
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