Usually means: Ancient Persian method of execution.
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  1. scaphism: Wordnik
  2. scaphism: Wiktionary
  3. Scaphism: Dictionary.com
  4. Scaphism: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. Scaphism: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. scaphism: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Scaphism: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. scaphism: FreeDictionary.org
  9. scaphism: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  10. scaphism: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. Scaphism: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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  1. scaphism: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (scaphism)

noun:  A 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.

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