单词 | bastonate |
释义 | † bastonatev. Obsolete. transitive. To beat or thrash with a stick, cudgel, etc. Cf. baston v. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of striking with specific blunt weapon > strike with specific blunt weapon [verb (transitive)] mellc1440 wapper1481 bebat1565 rib-roast1570 batonc1580 flail1582 club1593 bastonate1596 cudgel1598 rib-baste1598 shrub1599 truncheon1600 cut1607 scutch1611 macea1634 batoon1683 towel1705 quarterstaff1709 pole1728 handspike1836 blackjack1847 bludgeon1868 sandbag1887 cosh1922 sap1926 pistol-whip1930 knuckle-dust1962 1596 M. Sutcliffe Exam. Cartwrights Late Apol. f. 23 I referre the man ouer to be bastonated and corrected by M. Cartwright. 1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) v. §4. 285 The very Cudgell wherewith a Cavalero is bastonated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019). < |
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