Meaning of LASHING
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- [n] beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
- [n] rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
- [adj] violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders"
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| | Synonyms: | | flagellation, flogging, tanning, violent, whipping |
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| | See Also: | | beating, drubbing, fastener, fastening, fixing, holdfast, horsewhipping, lacing, rope, self-flagellation, thrashing, trouncing, whacking | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Lash"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation;
chastisement. --South.
{Lashing out}, a striking out; also, extravagance.
\Lash"ing\, n.
See 2d {Lasher}.
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| | Related Terms: | | adhesive, affixation, annexation, attachment, bastinado, basting, battery, beating, belting, binding, bond, buffeting, caning, clasping, clubbing, corporal punishment, cowhiding, cudgeling, drubbing, fastener, fastening, flagellation, flailing, flogging, fustigation, girding, hooking, horsewhipping, knot, lacing, ligation, pistol-whipping, rawhiding, scourging, spanking, splice, sticking, strapping, stripes, swingeing, switching, thrashing, tieing, trouncing, truncheoning, whipping, zipping |
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