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lashing |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lasher \Lash"er\, n. 1. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also {lashing}. 2. A weir in a river. [Eng.] --Halliwell. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lashing \Lash"ing\, n. The act of one who or that which lashes; castigation; chastisement. --South. {Lashing out}, a striking out also extravagance. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lashing \Lash"ing\, n. See 2d {Lasher}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: lashing adj : violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders" n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment [syn: {whipping}, {flogging}, {flagellation}] 2: rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings"
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