Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Peter Mark Roget

stick; ratan†, rattan; birch, birch rod; azote†, blacksnake†, bullwhack [U.S.], chicote†, kurbash†, quirt, rawhide, sjambok†; rod in pickle; switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon. whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout; cat, cat o'nine tails; rope's end. pillory, stocks, whipping post; cucking stool†, ducking stool; brank†; trebuchet†, trebuket†. [instruments of torture: list], triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel; chinese water torture. treadmill, crank, galleys. scaffold; block, ax, guillotine; stake; cross; gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring; death chair, electric chair; gas chamber; lethal injection; firing squad; mecate†. house of correction &c (prison) 752. goaler, jailer; executioner; electrocutioner†; lyncher; hangman; headsman†; Jack Ketch. SECTION V. RELIGIOUS AFFECTIONS