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Lashing   /lˈæʃɪŋ/   Listen
Lashing

noun
1.
Beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment.  Synonyms: flagellation, flogging, tanning, whipping.
2.
Rope that is used for fastening something to something else.
adjective
1.
Violently urging on by whipping or flogging.


Lash

verb
(past & past part. lashed; pres. part. lashng)
1.
Beat severely with a whip or rod.  Synonyms: flog, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip.  "The children were severely trounced"
2.
Lash or flick about sharply.
3.
Strike as if by whipping.  Synonym: whip.
4.
Bind with a rope, chain, or cord.



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"Lashing" Quotes from Famous Books



... time, however, before she gave over rearing and plunging, and lashing out with her feet on every side. The two rangers then led her along the valley, by two strong lariats, which enabled them to keep at a sufficient distance on each side to be out of the reach of her hoofs, and whenever she struck out in one direction ...
— McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey
... now becomes lashed into foam by the immense strength of the wounded whale, which, with its vast tail, strikes in all directions at his enemies. Now his enormous head rises high into the air, then his flukes are seen lashing everywhere, his huge body writhes in violent contortions from the agony the harpoon has inflicted. The water all around him is a mass of foam, and the sounds of the blows from his tail on the surface of the sea, can be heard ...
— Sanders' Union Fourth Reader • Charles W. Sanders
... wrap up in cloak and hood and climb the turret stairs and go out upon the ramparts of the castle and walk up and down with the drizzling mist above and around her and the thundering sea beneath her—up and down—hour after hour—up and down—lashing herself into such excitement that she would be tempted to throw herself from the battlements, to be crushed to death by the rocks or swallowed up by the ...
— Self-Raised • Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
... long since. "Well," said I, "good morning, sir." Said he, "Good morning." He smiled and said, "I have come bothering you." Said I, "I know your face well. You have come to get a right nice little woman's tongue-lashing." Said he, "I suppose so, but if you will just pay your tax I will leave." I paid the tax, "But," said I, "remember I pay it under protest, and if I ever pay another tax I intend to have the protest written and make the tax-gatherer sign it before I ...
— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various
... this silence that Ned began to fancy that he heard the breathing of his sleeping comrades. It was only fancy. The horses had ceased to stir. Perhaps they were as glad as the men that they had found shelter. But outside Ned heard distinctly the moaning of the wind, and the lashing of the cold rain against ...
— The Texan Star - The Story of a Great Fight for Liberty • Joseph A. Altsheler


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