单词 | flogging |
释义 | floggingn. The action of flog v. 1. The practice or system of punishment by blows; an instance of it; a chastisement. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating swingingc1200 beating?c1225 chastising1303 correctionc1386 lashingc1400 scouring1426 Moses' law1482 jerking1552 whipping1566 yarking1573 feaking1600 correct1606 tawing1620 lacing1622 castigation1640 basking1642 verberation1661 strappado1668 the lash1694 flogging1758 whopping1812 quilting1822 blistering1842 whaling1852 nailing1895 1758 W. Shenstone Let. to Graves 22 July I have not only escaped a flogging [in the Monthly Review] but am treated with great civility. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xlvii. 206 There's nothing like flogging to cure that disorder. 1851 H. Martineau Introd. Hist. Peace (1877) III. iv. xi. 92 The question of military flogging was brought forward year by year. 2. In various uses. a. The action of forcing up (a rent). Thesaurus » Categories » b. The flapping (of a sail). Thesaurus » Categories » c. Fishing. (See flog v. 3). d. Selling or offering for sale (see flog v. 2c). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > [noun] salec1050 sellinga1325 merchandisinga1425 utterance1436 venting1532 vendition1542 vent1548 assale1566 ventage1577 vent1583 vending1666 distribution1793 flogging1919 turnaround1936 1835 F. Marryat Pirate iii Keep the sheet fast..or the flogging will frighten the lady. 1881 Daily News 9 Sept. 2/1 The tenants were really unable to stand any longer the flogging of rents which they had managed to pay for so many years. 1886 Q. Rev. 163 350 When a long day's flogging has been at last followed by a solitary rise. 1919 Athenæum 1 Aug. 695/2 ‘Flogging’, the illegal disposal of Army goods. 1935 ‘D. Hume’ Gaol Gates are Open 10 If a crook disposes of stolen property through a fence he is ‘fencing’, but if it is sold through any other channel it is ‘flogging’. Compounds C1. General attributive. flogging-block n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > one who is beaten beating-stock1552 flogging-block1827 floggee1836 beatee1860 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whipping-post or tripod pillara1475 rogue stob1550 post1555 whipping-post1600 whipping-stock1615 fork1619 whipstock1619 flogging-stake1785 flogging-block1827 triangle1847 whipping-pole1862 1827 Parl. Deb. 2nd Ser. 16 1126 Some of the men were brought out so frequently to be flogged, that they were known by the name of the flogging-blocks. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists iii. 119 By good fortune [to] escape the flogging block. flogging-cove n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > official who administers scourger1580 flesh-dresser1620 drubman1629 flogging-cove1699 flog-mastera1704 flagellant1876 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Flogging-cove, the Beadle, or Whipper in Bridewell. flogging-stake n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whipping-post or tripod pillara1475 rogue stob1550 post1555 whipping-post1600 whipping-stock1615 fork1619 whipstock1619 flogging-stake1785 flogging-block1827 triangle1847 whipping-pole1862 1785 F. Grose Classical Dict. Vulgar Tongue Flogging stake, the whipping post. C2. flogging-chisel n. a large cold chisel used in chipping castings. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 886/2 Flogging-chisel. flogging-hammer n. a small sledgehammer used for striking a flogging-chisel. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 886/2 Flogging-hammer. Derivatives ˈfloggingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > threat or threatening > [adverb] throlyc1390 threatfully1565 menacingly1591 threateninglya1616 minaciously1660 minatorilya1670 louringly1836 floggingly1840 minatorially1847 sinisterly1847 1840 New Monthly Mag. 58 527 A frown from Mr. Innovate, floggingly put on, hastened his preparations. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022). > as lemmasˈflogging ˈflogging adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > that beats swingeinga1614 flauging1682 flogging1682 1682 T. D'Urfey Injured Princess i. i. 6 Ask him if he knows where we may find a sound Wench: he's a flauging old Whipster, I warrant him. 1884 Athenæum 19 July 75/3 He undergoes brutal treatment from a flogging master. < n.1699 as lemmas |
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