Usually means: Execution by dismemberment and horses.
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  1. draw and quarter: Collins English Dictionary
  2. draw and quarter: Vocabulary.com
  3. draw and quarter: Wiktionary
  4. draw and quarter: Dictionary.com
  5. draw and quarter: Rhymezone
  6. draw and quarter: FreeDictionary.org
  7. draw and quarter: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. draw and quarter: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. draw and quarter: Encyclopedia

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  1. Draw and quarter: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (draw and quarter)

verb:  (transitive, historical) To execute (someone) by castration, disembowelling, beheading and quartering.
verb:  (transitive, figurative) To severely punish or criticize someone.

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