SCOURGES
Noun
scourges
plural of scourge
Verb
scourges
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of scourge
Anagrams
• scrouges
Source: Wiktionary
SCOURGE
Scourge, n. Etym: [F. escourgée, fr. L. excoriata (sc. scutica) a
stripped off (lash or whip), fr. excoriate to strip, to skin. See
Excoriate.]
1. A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain
or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.
Up to coach then goes The observed maid, takes both the scourge and
reins. Chapman.
2. Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering;
an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
Sharp scourges of adversity. Chaucer.
What scourge for perjury Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence
Shak.
Scourge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scourged; p. pr. & vb. n. Scourging.]
Etym: [From Scourge, n.: cf. OF. escorgier.]
1. To whip severely; to lash.
is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman Acts xxii. 25.
2. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or
faults, and with the purpose of correction.
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he
receiveth. Heb. xii. 6.
3. To harass or afflict severely.
To scourge and impoverish the people. Brougham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition