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[syn: bastinado, falanga]
VERB (1)
1. beat somebody on the soles of the feet;
The 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.
[1913 Webster]
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):
BASTINADO, n. The act of walking on wood without exertion.