About The Word Lashing
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Lashing
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What's The Definition Of Lashing?
[n] beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[n] rope that is used for fastening something to something else; "the boats were held together by lashings" [adj] violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the lashing riders" Synonyms | Synonyms for Lashing: flagellation | flogging | tanning | violent | whipping Related Terms | Find terms related to Lashing: adhesive | affixation | annexation | attachment | bastinado | basting | battery | beating | belting | binding | bond | buffeting | caning | clasping | clubbing | corporal punishment | cowhiding | cudgeling | drubbing | fastener | fastening | flagellation | flailing | flogging | fustigation | girding | hooking | horsewhipping | knot | lacing | ligation | pistol-whipping | rawhiding | scourging | spanking | splice | sticking | strapping | stripes | swingeing | switching | thrashing | tieing | trouncing | truncheoning | whipping | zipping See Also | beating | drubbing | fastener | fastening | fixing | holdfast | horsewhipping | lacing | rope | self-flagellation | thrashing | trouncing | whacking Lashing In Webster's Dictionary \Lash"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation;
chastisement. --South.
{Lashing out}, a striking out; also, extravagance.
\Lash"ing\, n. See 2d {Lasher}. |
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