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knout |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knout \Knout\ (nout or n[=oo]t), n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf Sw knut knot, knout, Icel. kn[=u]tr knot: cf F. knout. See {Knot}.] A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Knout \Knout\, v. t. To punish with the knout. --Brougham. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: knout n : a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
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