bastinado

4 definitions found

bastinado - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada
     (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[^a]ton) a stick or
     staff. See Baston.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. A blow with a stick or cudgel.
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     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.
        [1913 Webster]

  Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoed; p.
     pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.]
     To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of
     the feet.
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bastinado - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  bastinado
      n 1: a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the
           feet
      2: a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten
         with whips or cudgels [syn: bastinado, falanga]
      v 1: beat somebody on the soles of the feet

bastinado - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Bastinado
  beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred
  to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev.
  19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could
  not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).