木狗

木狗

1. (dated) stocks (device put on the feet for punishment)

   • 禁卒領了這樣的命，就把他們下在內監裏，兩腳上了木狗。 [MSC, trad.]
     禁卒领了这样的命，就把他们下在内监里，两脚上了木狗。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 新標點和合本 (Chinese Union Version with New Punctuation), 使徒行傳 (Acts) 16:24

     Jìnzú lǐngle zhèyàng de mìng, jiù bǎ tāmen xià zài nèijiān lǐ, liǎng jiǎo shàngle mùgǒu. [Pinyin]

     Having received such a command, he threw them into the inner prison and secured their feet in the stocks.

   • 自製木狗私刑將妻釘鎖 [MSC, trad.]
     自制木狗私刑将妻钉锁 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 《大理院統字第1408號解釋》

     zìzhì mùgǒu sīxíng jiāng qī dìngsuǒ [Pinyin]

     [He] constructed stocks to lock up his wife without legal authority

   • 你雖用木狗鎖住我的雙腳，但我仍然是自由的。此刻，我覺得雙腳不是在木狗上，而是在不能動搖的磐石上。 [MSC, trad.]
     你虽用木狗锁住我的双脚，但我仍然是自由的。此刻，我觉得双脚不是在木狗上，而是在不能动摇的磐石上。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1988, 孫大信 [Sundar Singh], 阿柏森 (editor), 《十字架是天堂》, 橄欖基金會, →ISBN, page 43

     Nǐ suī yòng mùgǒu suǒ zhù wǒ de shuāngjiǎo, dàn wǒ réngrán shì zìyóu de. Cǐkè, wǒ juéde shuāngjiǎo bùshì zài mùgǒu shàng, érshì zài bùnéng dòngyáo de pánshí shàng. [Pinyin]

     Even though you bind my feet with stocks, I am still free. At this moment, I feel that my feet are not in stocks, but are on the unshakeable Rock.

2. (obsolete) sloth (mammal) [19th–20th c.]

   • 南亞墨利加之上新層、古今之乳類皆同、大約如木狗穿山甲犰狳族。 [MSC, trad.]
     南亚墨利加之上新层、古今之乳类皆同、大约如木狗穿山甲犰狳族。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1854, 慕維廉 [William Muirhead] (editor), 地質論, in 《地理全志》, Shanghai: 墨海書館

     Nán Yàmòlìjiā zhī shàngxīncéng, gǔjīn zhī rǔlèi jiē tóng, dàyuē rú mùgǒu chuānshānjiǎ qiúyú zú. [Pinyin]

     (please add an English translation of this usage example)

• (stocks): 木狗子
• (sloth): 樹懶／树懒 (shùlǎn)