Fustigation

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fustigation \Fus"ti*ga"tion\, n. [Cf. F. fustigation.]
     A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.
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           This satire, composed of actual fustigation. --Motley.
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