LASH, LASHING
NOUNS
► BEND a ‘stripe’ inflicted by a lash or rod → c1400 obs.
► JERK a stroke with a whip or wand; a stripe, a lash → 1555 obs.
► SCRINGE a lash, a stroke; a severe beating → 1904 Sc. (Bk.)
► STRIPES a lashing, a whipping → 1747 US
► TWO DOZEN a punishment of 25 lashes → L19 Aust. criminals’ sl.
VERBS
► JERK to strike with, or as with a whip, switch, or wand; to scourge, to whip, to lash, to switch → 1550 obs.
► LACE to lash, beat, thrash → 1599
► LEASH to beat or lash with a leash; to whip → 1503 obs.
► PALAM-PAM to feel the sting of a lashing → 20C W. Indies sl.
► PAMPER to feel the sting of a lashing → 1970 W. Indies sl.
► REEF to lash → 1928 Amer. dial.
► SCURRIFUNGE ► SCURRYFUNGE to lash tightly → 1777 Eng. dial.
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