- Harpy - Scolding women - Shrew - Shrew contrived to get mantra - An imaginary being supposed by the Christians to be a
Mohammedan deity or false god. He is represented in the ancient
moralities, farces, and puppet shows as extremely vociferous and
tumultous. - A boisterous, brawling, turbulent person; -- formerly
applied to both sexes, now only to women. - Tumultuous; turbulent; boisterous; furious; quarrelsome;
scolding.
- A sort of bridle with wooden side pieces. - A scolding bridle, an instrument formerly used for
correcting scolding women. It was an iron frame surrounding the head
and having a triangular piece entering the mouth of the scold.