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Princeton's WordNet
knoutnoun
a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
Wiktionary
knoutnoun
A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia.
knoutverb
To flog or beat with a knout.
Etymology: Via, from кнут, from knútr.
Wikipedia
Knout
A knout is a heavy scourge-like multiple whip, usually made of a series of rawhide thongs attached to a long handle, sometimes with metal wire or hooks incorporated. The English word stems from a spelling-pronunciation of a French transliteration of the Russian word кнут (knut), which simply means "whip".
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knout
A knout is a heavy whip, usually made of a series of leather thongs attached to a long handle, historically used in Russia for flogging as a form of corporal punishment or torture.
Webster Dictionary
Knoutnoun
a kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh
Knoutverb
to punish with the knout
Etymology: [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kntr knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.]
Wikidata
Knout
A knout is a heavy scourge-like multiple whip, usually made of a bunch of rawhide thongs attached to a long handle, sometimes with metal wire or hooks incorporated. The English word stems from a spelling-pronunciation of a French transliteration of the Russian word кнут, which simply means "whip".
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Knout
nowt, n. a whip formerly used as an instrument of punishment in Russia: punishment inflicted by the knout. [Russ. knute.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
knout
A scourge composed of many thongs of skin, plaited, and interwoven with wire, which was till lately the favorite instrument of punishment in Russia for all classes and degrees of criminals. The offender was tied to two stakes, stripped, and received on the back the specified number of lashes; 100 or 120 were equivalent to sentence of death, but in many cases the victim died under the operation long before this number was completed. This punishment is at present only inflicted upon ordinary criminals, such as incendiaries or assassins. It is no longer in use in the army, except when a soldier is dismissed for ill conduct, in which case 3 to 10 lashes are given, in order to disgrace the soldier, rather than punish him.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of knout in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of knout in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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