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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl {Bastinadoes}. [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr baston (cf. F. b?ton) a stick or staff. See {Baston}.] 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. 2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoes}; p. pr & vb n. {Bastinadoing}.] To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: bastinado n : a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet v : beat somebody on the soles of the feet From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Bastinado beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), scourging" (Lev. 19:20), chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3). From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: BASTINADO, n. The act of walking on wood without exertion.
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