The baguettes were little rods of boxwood, placed between each finger and toe, touching the bone, and joined together with strings by an instrument so craftily designed that the executioner could, at the behest of the judge, squeeze all the fingers together, strip the bones of their flesh, grind them terribly, or give the victim only a slight pain.
Ziriak ezpelezko makilatxoak ziren, atzamar-arte guztietan ipiniak, hezurra ukituz eta lokarri bitartez batuak hain finezia handiz, eze, epailearen aginduz, borreroak atzamar guztiak aldi berean estutzen ahal zituen, hezurrak haragibakotu, birrindu, edo oinaze txiki bat baino sortu ez.