Noyade
Pronunciation : No`yade", n. [F., fr. noyer to drown
Part of Speech : L.
Definition : Defn: A drowning of many persons at once, -- a method of execution practiced at Nantes in France during the Reign of Terror, by Jean Baptiste Carrier.
necare to kill.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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