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Definition of Draw and quarter
1. Verb. Pull (a person) apart with four horses tied to his extremities, so as to execute him. "In the old days, people were drawn and quartered for certain crimes"
Definition of Draw and quarter
1. Verb. To execute a person by tying each limb to an animal and driving them in different directions. ¹
2. Verb. To severely punish or criticize someone. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Draw And Quarter
Literary usage of Draw and quarter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography by Virginia Historical Society (1893)
"Whether it was or not Virginia law to '' hang, draw, and quarter'' I have not
examined ; but at a time when it was the "custom " in England to display the ..."
2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"... There thou mayest whip, strip, And hang, and draw, and quarter, And commit to
the red rod Both Tom, Will, and Arthur. I, I, ‘tis thither, thither will I ..."
3. Specimens of the British Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices and by Thomas Campbell (1844)
"... By William Lilly's charter ; There thou mayst whip, strip, And hang, and draw
and quarter, And commit to the red rod Both Will, and Tom, and Arthur. ..."
4. The Methodist Review (1895)
"It is as follows: "We would draw and quarter Protestantism; we would impale it
and hang it up for crows' nests; we would tear it with pincers and fire it ..."
5. The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical, by Alexander Chalmers (1810)
"... hang, draw, and quarter, or end in the ruin of the person who becomes his prey.
If he gets the wind of any word or action that may do a man good, ..."
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