Dictionary![]() ![]() no•yadePronunciation: (nwä-yäd'; Fr. nwa-yad'), [key] —n. destruction or execution by drowning, esp. as practiced at Nantes, France, in 1793–94, during the Reign of Terror. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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