LASHING
lashing
(adjective) violently urging on by whipping or flogging; “looked at the lashing riders”
whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
(noun) beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
lashing
(noun) rope that is used for fastening something to something else; “the boats were held together by lashings”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lashing (countable and uncountable, plural lashings)
Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
(in the form "lashings of"): plenty of
The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
Verb
lashing
present participle of lash
(Ireland, slang) Raining heavily.
Anagrams
• Anglish, Singhal, ashling, haglins, halsing, shaling
Source: Wiktionary
Lash"ing, n.
Definition: The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation;
chastisement. South. Lashing out, a striking out; also, extravagance.
Lash"ing, n.
Definition: See 2d Lasher.
LASH
Lash, n. Etym: [OE. lasche; cf. D. lasch piece set in, joint, seam,
G. lashe latchet, a bit of leather, gusset, stripe, laschen to
furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel. laski gusset, flap, laska
to break.]
1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. Addison.
2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
[Obs.]
3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the
culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts
or gives pain; a cut.
The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves
which succeeds well. L'Estrange.
5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously
certain yarns, to form the figure.
Lash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lashng.]
1. To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with
something like one.
We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. Dryden.
2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat
upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea
with his tail.
And big waves lash the frighted shores. Dryden.
3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. Dryden.
4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to
lash vice.
Lash
Definition: ,. v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to uttercensure or
sarcastic language.
To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. Dryden.
To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously.
Lash, v. t. Etym: [Cf. D. lasschen to fasten together, lasch piece,
joint, Sw. laska to stitch, Dan. laske stitch. See Lash, n. ]
Definition: To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten;
as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition