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Princeton's WordNet

  1. wicker, wickerwork, caningnoun

    work made of interlaced slender branches (especially willow branches)

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  1. caningnoun

    A beating with a cane.

Wikipedia

  1. Caning

    Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits (known as "strokes" or "cuts") with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks (see spanking) or hands (on the palm). Caning on the knuckles or shoulders is much less common. Caning can also be applied to the soles of the feet (foot whipping or bastinado). The size and flexibility of the cane and the mode of application, as well as the number of the strokes, vary greatly—from a couple of light strokes with a small cane across the seat of a junior schoolboy's trousers, to up to 24 very hard, wounding cuts on the bare buttocks with a large, heavy, soaked rattan as a judicial punishment in some Southeast Asian countries. Flagellation was so common in England as punishment that caning, along with spanking and whipping, are called "the English vice". Caning can also be done consensually as a part of BDSM. The thin cane generally used for corporal punishment is not to be confused with a walking stick, which is sometimes also called a cane (especially in American English), but is thicker and much more rigid, and likely to be made of stronger wood.

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  1. caning

    Caning is a form of punishment or discipline that involves striking an individual with a cane or similar object. It is often used in the context of corporal punishment in certain educational, domestic, or legal situations, particularly in some Asian and African countries. Caning can also refer to the method and process of weaving furniture with cane.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Caning

    of Cane

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  1. Caning

    Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks or hand. Application of a cane to the knuckles or the shoulders has been much less common. Caning can also be applied to the soles of the feet. The size and flexibility of the cane and the mode of application, as well as the number of the strokes, vary greatly—from a couple of light strokes with a small cane across the seat of a junior schoolboy's trousers, to 24 very hard, wounding cuts on the bare buttocks with a large, heavy, soaked rattan as a judicial punishment in south-east Asia. The thin cane generally used for corporal punishment is not to be confused with a walking stick, sometimes also called a "cane" but which is thicker and much more rigid, and more likely to be made of stronger wood than of cane.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Caning in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Caning in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Caning in a Sentence

  1. Phil Robertson:

    One of the defendants said that sentencing day was the darkest day of his life, but in reality every day that Singapore keeps caning on its books is a dark day for the country’s international reputation.

  2. Phil Robertson:

    The Singapore judicial system’s shameful recourse to using torture – in the form of caning – to punish crimes that should be misdemeanors is indicative of a blatant disregard for international human rights standards, one of the defendants said that sentencing day was the darkest day of his life, but in reality every day that Singapore keeps caning on its books is a dark day for the country’s international reputation.

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