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▪ I. † ˈchawbuck, n. Obs.
Also chaubac, -buck.
[a. Pers. and Urdu chābuk horse-whip: see chabouk.]
A whip; flogging with a whip. (In India.)
1698Fryer Acc. E. India 98 (Y.) He has a Black Guard that by a Chawbuck, a great Whip, extorts Confession. 1756in Long Rec. Bengal 79 (Y.) The Nabob..threatened their Vaquills with the Chaubac. 1784Song in Seton-Karr Sel. Calc. Gaz. I. 18 (Y.) With Muskets and Chaubucks secure, They guard us in Bangalore Jail.
▪ II. † ˈchawbuck, v. Obs.
[f. prec. n.]
trans. To flog with a chawbuck; to whip.
1682Hedges MS. Diary 2 Nov. (Y.) The next day he was beat on y⊇ soles of his feet, y⊇ third day..Chawbuckt. 1699Let. to E. India Comp. 23 March (Y.) To be tyed up and chawbucked. 1726in Wheeler Hist. India II. 410 (Y.) Another Pariah he chawbucked 25 blows. |