SCOURGE, SCOURGING
ADJECTIVES
► MASTIGOPHORIC that carries a scourge, scourge-bearing → 1816
► MASTIGOPHOROUS that carries a scourge, scourge-bearing → 1812
NOUNS
► VERBERATION the act of beating or striking so as to cause pain or hurt; esp. flogging or scourging → 1730
VERBS
► BALEISE ► BELLISE to beat, to flog; to whip, to scourge → 1865 Eng. dial.
► DIGHT to beat, to thrash, to scourge → 1900 Sc. (Bk.)
► JERK to strike with, or as with a whip, switch, or wand; to scourge, to whip, to lash, to switch → 1550 obs.
► SCREEGE to scourge → 1863 Sc.
► SCRINGE to scourge, to flog → 1790 Sc.
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