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1. (n.) bastinado
a punishment in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick.
2. bastinado
a blow or a beating with a stick, cudgel, etc.
3. bastinado
a stick or cudgel.
4. (v.t.) bastinado
to beat with a stick, cane, etc., esp. on the soles of the feet.
Etymology: (1570–80; earlier bastanado < Sp bastonada=bastón stick (see baton ) +-ada -ade1)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) bastinado
a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet
2. (verb) bastinado, falanga
a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels
3. (verb) bastinado
beat somebody on the soles of the feet
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) bastinado
a blow with a stick or cudgel
2. (noun) bastinado
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
3. (verb) bastinado
to beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet
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