Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lashed"

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.


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