Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flogging"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flogging \Flog"ging\, a. & n.
from {Flog}, v. t.
{Flogging chisel} (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in
chipping castings.
{Flogging hammer}, a small sledge hammer used for striking a
flogging chisel.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flog \Flog\ (fl[o^]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flogged} (fl[o^]gd);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Flogging} (-g[i^]ng).] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow,
stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L.
flagellare to whip. Cf. {Flagellate}.]
To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to
chastise with repeated blows.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flogging
n : beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[syn: {whipping}, {tanning}, {lashing}, {flagellation}]
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