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Lashng

Lash \Lash\ (l[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Lashng.]

  1. To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

    We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward.
    --Dryden.

  2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.

    And big waves lash the frighted shores.
    --Dryden.

  3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

    He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.
    --Dryden.

  4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.