Hypertext Webster Gateway: "BASTINADO"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Bastinado
beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred
to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev.
19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could
not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. {Bastinadoes}. [Sp. bastonada
(cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b?ton) a stick or
staff. See {Baston}.]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A
form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others,
consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his
feet.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoes}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Bastinadoing}.]
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
the feet.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
bastinado
n : a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the
feet
v : beat somebody on the soles of the feet
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