Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lash"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lash \Lash\ (l[a^]sh), n. [OE. lasche; cf. D. lasch piece set
in, joint, seam, G. lashe latchet, a bit of leather, gusset,
stripe, laschen to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel.
laski gusset, flap, laska to break.]
1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow
is given.
I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
--Addison.
2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a
snare. [Obs.]
3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as,
the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort
that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that
to ourselves which succeeds well. --L'Estrange.
5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting
simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lash \Lash\ (l[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lashed}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Lashng}.]
1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or
with something like one.
We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. --Dryden.
2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat,
or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a
whale lashes the sea with his tail.
And big waves lash the frighted shores. --Dryden.
3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider
throws. --Dryden.
4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with
severity; as, to lash vice.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lash \Lash\, v. i.
To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic
language.
To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. --Dryden.
{To lash out}, to strike out wildly or furiously.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lash \Lash\, v. t. [Cf. D. lasschen to fasten together, lasch
piece, joint, Sw. laska to stitch, Dan. laske stitch. See
{Lash}, n. ]
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten;
as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's
back.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lash
n 1: any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of
the eyelids [syn: {eyelash}, {cilium}]
2: leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip [syn: {thong}]
3: a quick blow with a whip [syn: {whip}, {whiplash}]
v 1: beat severely with a whip or rod; "The teacher often flogged
the students"; "The children were severely trounced"
[syn: {flog}, {welt}, {whip}, {lather}, {slash}, {strap},
{trounce}]
2: lash about; flick sharply, as of animals' tails
3: strike as if by whipping; "The curtain whipped her face"
[syn: {whip}]
4: bind with a rope, chain, or cord; "lash the horse" [ant: {unlash}]
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