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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.  Antonym: unlash.



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"Lashing" Quotes from Famous Books



... readiness to start. She heard no sound behind her. But she did see Roaring Bill stiffen and his face blanch under its tan. Twenty feet away his rifle leaned against a tree; his belt and six-shooter hung on a limb above it. He was tucking a keen-edged hatchet under the pack lashing. And, swinging this up, he jumped—it seemed—straight at her. But his eyes were ...
— North of Fifty-Three • Bertrand W. Sinclair
... him, "Dost dou pretend to know monkeys und dis beast dot is lashing himself mad upon der sands, pecause you do not talk to him? Shoot him when he comes to der house, for he haf der light in his eye dot means killing—und killing." Bimi come to der house, but dere was no light in his eye. It was all put away, cunning—so cunning—und ...
— Life's Handicap • Rudyard Kipling
... and then by gunfire. The 27th shot from the ship hit the enemy's conning tower and caused two explosions. "Men who were on deck at the guns and had not jumped overboard ran aft. The submarine canted forward at an angle of almost 40 degrees, and the propeller could be plainly seen lashing the air."[1] ...
— A History of Sea Power • William Oliver Stevens and Allan Westcott
... are a few; if the satirist had not been prevented from indulging in them by his taste, he would have been debarred by his ignorance. Lord Chesterfield, as the incarnation of the world and the most brilliant servant of the arch-enemy, comes in for a lashing under the ...
— Cowper • Goldwin Smith
... gash out of his eyes. Then he came to himself with a gasp—understanding instantly what it all meant, why those men had cut loose the horses and ridden away, why the wheelers had plunged forward in that mad run-away race—between the bluffs and the river a swarm of Indians were lashing their ponies, spreading out like the sticks ...
— Molly McDonald - A Tale of the Old Frontier • Randall Parrish


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