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† bumbaste, v. Obs. exc. dial.
Also 6–7 bumbast, bombast(e.
[app. f. bum n.1 + baste v.3: but bum might be a meaningless intensive or reduplicative prefix; cf. next.]
trans. To beat on the posteriors; hence, to flog, beat soundly, thrash.
1571R. Edwards Damon & P. in Dodsley IV. 60, I shall bombast you, you mocking knave. 1616Surfl. & Markh. Countr. Farm i. xxviii. 146 You must bumbast his buttocks with a good long sticke. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. 50 We use..to smite and bombaste them (vipers) with rods. 1682New News fr. Bedlam 56, I am resolved to bumbast him as soon as you are gone. 1731Bailey II, To bumbaste [of bum and baste, i.e. to beat] to beat or bang. 1847–78Halliwell, Bumbaste. To beat, or flog. East.
b. ? To finish off, ‘dispose of’ (a can of liquor).
1640H. Glapthorne Wit. in Constab. v. ii, Here let's canvass This quart and then we'll bumbaste off another.
Hence bumbasting ppl. a., ‘thumping’, violent.
1598Florio, Rugione, a good drie bumbasting blow. |