The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lasher \Lash"er\, n.
   1. A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to
      another; -- called also lashing.
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   2. A weir in a river. [Eng.] --Halliwell.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lashing \Lash"ing\, n.
   The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation;
   chastisement. --South.
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   Lashing out, a striking out; also, extravagance.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lashing \Lash"ing\, n.
   See 2d Lasher.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lashing
    adj 1: violently urging on by whipping or flogging; "looked at
           the lashing riders"
    n 1: beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of
         punishment [syn: whipping, tanning, flogging,
         lashing, flagellation]
    2: rope that is used for fastening something to something else;
       "the boats were held together by lashings"