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Old May 1st 04, 03:39 PM
N8KDV
 
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Frank Dresser wrote:

"N8KDV" wrote in message
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...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"

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dicti...aw+and+quarter



Dictionaries differ:

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionar...nd%20quartered


Perhaps some do... but when I look up 'draw and quarter' on the site you
provided I come up with the same result as I posted.