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scourging
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A beating with a scourge; a flogging. vb. (present participle of scourge English)
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Scourge \Scourge\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scourged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Scourging .] [From Scourge , n.: cf. OF. escorgier.] To whip severely; to lash. Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman? --Acts xxii. 25. To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, ...
Usage examples of scourging.
The Gnostics agreed in attributing evil to matter, and made the means of redemption to consist in fastings and scourgings of the flesh, with denial of all its cravings, and in lofty spiritual contemplations.
Wilt thou now Escape the after-bitterness with prayers, Scourgings, and wringings of the hands?
We want them to know that a knowledge of their whippings, their scourgings, their brandings, their chainings, is not confined to their plantations, but that some Negro of theirs has broken loose from his chains – has burst through the dark incrustation of slavery, and is now exposing their deeds of deep damnation to the gaze of the christian people of England.