Term: picket: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake
Candidate hypernym: torture: the deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical or mental suffering by one or more persons in an attempt to force another person to yield information or to make a confession or for any other reason → 1
Candidate hypernym: birch leaf miner: small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation → 0
Candidate hypernym: delayer: a person who delays; to put off until later or cause to be late → 0
Candidate hypernym: old boy: a vivacious elderly man → 0
Candidate hypernym: tremellales: fungi varying from gelatinous to waxy or even horny in texture; most are saprophytic → 0
Candidate hypernym: library fine: fine imposed by a library on books that overdue when returned → 0
Candidate hypernym: the devil: something difficult or awkward to do or deal with → 0
Candidate hypernym: cranberry sauce: sauce made of cranberries and sugar → 0
Candidate hypernym: hall's honeysuckle: a variety of Japanese honeysuckle that grows like a vine; established as an aggressive escape in southeastern United States → 0
Candidate hypernym: ruta: type genus of the Rutaceae; strong-scented Eurasian herbs → 0
Candidate hypernym: sub-test: one of a battery of related tests → 0