Lashing

5 definitions found

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

  Lasher \Lash"er\, n.
     1. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to
        another; -- called also {lashing}.
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     2. A weir in a river. [Eng.] --Halliwell.


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

  Lashing \Lash"ing\, n.
     The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation;
     chastisement. --South.
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     {Lashing out}, a striking out; also, extravagance.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lashing \Lash"ing\, n.
     See 2d {Lasher}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lashing
       adj : violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at the
             lashing riders"
       n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment
            [syn: {whipping}, {tanning}, {flogging}, {flagellation}]
       2: rope that is used for fastening something to something else;
          "the boats were held together by lashings"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "lashing":
     adhesive, affixation, annexation, attachment, bastinado, basting,
     battery, beating, belting, binding, bond, buffeting, caning,
     clasping, clubbing, corporal punishment, cowhiding, cudgeling,
     drubbing, fastener, fastening, flagellation, flailing, flogging,
     fustigation, girding, hooking, horsewhipping, knot, lacing,
     ligation, pistol-whipping, rawhiding, scourging, spanking, splice,
     sticking, strapping, stripes, swingeing, switching, thrashing,
     tieing, trouncing, truncheoning, whipping, zipping