BASTINADO
\bˌastɪnˈɑːdə͡ʊ], \bˌastɪnˈɑːdəʊ], \b_ˌa_s_t_ɪ_n_ˈɑː_d_əʊ]\
Definitions of BASTINADO
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
By Noah Webster.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A beating with a stick or cudgel; a mode of punishment in the East by beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
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To inflict bastinado on.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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