Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lashing"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lasher \Lash"er\, n.
1. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to
another; -- called also {lashing}.

2. A weir in a river. [Eng.] --Halliwell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lashing \Lash"ing\, n.
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation;
chastisement. --South.

{Lashing out}, a striking out; also, extravagance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lashing \Lash"ing\, n.
See 2d {Lasher}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

lashing
adj : violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the
lashing riders"
n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
[syn: {whipping}, {tanning}, {flogging}, {flagellation}]
2: rope that is used for fastening something to something else;
"the boats were held together by lashings"


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