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Bastinado
Pronunciation : Bas`ti*na"do
Part of Speech : n.;
Etymology : [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b) a stick or staff. See Baston.]
Definition : 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
pl. Bastinadoes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Bas`ti*na"do
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoes (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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