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  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lash  \Lash\  (l[a^]sh),  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lashed};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Lashng}.] 
  1.  To  strike  with  a  lash;  to  whip  or  scourge  with  a  lash,  or 
  with  something  like  one 
 
  We  lash  the  pupil,  and  defraud  the  ward.  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  strike  forcibly  and  quickly,  as  with  a  lash;  to  beat 
  or  beat  upon  with  a  motion  like  that  of  a  lash;  as  a 
  whale  lashes  the  sea  with  his  tail. 
 
  And  big  waves  lash  the  frighted  shores.  --Dryden. 
 
  3.  To  throw  out  with  a  jerk  or  quickly. 
 
  He  falls,  and  lashing  up  his  heels,  his  rider 
  throws.  --Dryden. 
 
  4.  To  scold;  to  berate;  to  satirize;  to  censure  with 
  severity;  as  to  lash  vice. 




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