cudgel, fustigate
(verb) strike with a cudgel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
fustigate (third-person singular simple present fustigates, present participle fustigating, simple past and past participle fustigated)
(transitive) To hit someone with a club.
(figuratively) To harshly criticize someone.
• (hit someone with a club): flay, thrash, birch
• (harshly criticize someone): castigate, denounce, flay
Source: Wiktionary
Fus"ti*gate, v. t. Etym: [L. fustigare, fr. fustis stick. See 1st Fust.]
Definition: To cudgel. [R.] Bailey.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
The world’s most expensive coffee costs more than US$700 per kilogram. Asian palm civet – a cat-like creature in Indonesia, eats fruits, including select coffee cherries. It excretes partially digested seeds that produce a smooth, less acidic brew of coffee called kopi luwak.
