KNOUTED

Verb

knouted

simple past tense and past participle of knout

Source: Wiktionary


KNOUT

Knout (nout or nt), n. Etym: [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kn knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.]

Definition: A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.

Knout, v. t.

Definition: To punish with the knout Brougham.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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