Hypertext Webster Gateway: "scourge"

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

Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scourged}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Scourging}.] [From {Scourge}, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.]
1. To whip severely; to lash.

Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman?
--Acts xxii.
25.

2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for
sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.

Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth
every son whom he receiveth. --Heb. xii. 6.

3. To harass or afflict severely.

To scourge and impoverish the people. --Brougham.

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

Scourge \Scourge\, n. [F. escourg['e]e, fr. L. excoriata (sc.
scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), fr. excoriare to
strip, to skin. See {Excoriate}.]
1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to
inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or
discipline; a whip.

Up to coach then goes The observed maid, takes both
the scourge and reins. --Chapman.

2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or
suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.

Sharp scourges of adversity. --Chaucer.

What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy
afford false Clarence? --Shak.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

scourge
n 1: a whip used to inflict punishment (often used for pedantic
humor) [syn: {flagellum}]
2: something causes misery or death; "the bane of my life"
[syn: {bane}, {curse}, {nemesis}]
3: a person who inspires fear or dread; "he was the terror of
the neighborhood" [syn: {terror}, {threat}]
v 1: punish severely
2: whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves" [syn:
{flagellate}]

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