BASTINADE
Etymology
Noun
bastinade (plural bastinades)
A blow with a stick or cudgel.
A sound beating with a stick or cudgel, specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
Verb
bastinade (third-person singular simple present bastinades, present participle bastinading, simple past and past participle bastinaded)
To beat in this manner.
Anagrams
• abstained
Source: Wiktionary
Bas`ti*nade", n.
Definition: See Bastinado, n.
Bas`ti*nade", v. t.
Definition: To bastinado. [Archaic]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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