Scâph'ism, n.
n. [Fr. scaphisme, from Gr. σκάπτειν, σκάφειν, to dig.] A barbarous punishment inflicted on criminals, among the Persians, by confining them in a hollow tree till they died a miserable death.
n. [Fr. scaphisme, from Gr. σκάπτειν, σκάφειν, to dig.] A barbarous punishment inflicted on criminals, among the Persians, by confining them in a hollow tree till they died a miserable death.