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BASTINADOED
Verb
bastinadoed
simple past tense and past participle of bastinado
Source: Wiktionary
BASTINADO
Bas`ti*na"do, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. Etym: [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b) a stick or staff. See Baston.]
1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
2. 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.
Bas`ti*na"do, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoes (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
Definition: To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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