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noun
An alleged form of execution, among the ancient Persians, in which the victim is fastened into a hollow boat, force-fed and slathered in honey and milk and exposed to insects until the victim's death.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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History
From scapho- + -ism.
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