单词 | scourging |
释义 | scourgingn. The action of scourge v. 1. a. Infliction of blows with a whip. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with whip or scourging scourginga1340 flagellation1490 flagitation1490 whipping1566 scutching1611 whip-broth1615 firka1635 horsewhipship1842 flagellantism1855 cowhiding1859 knouting1887 sjamboking1899 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter xxxi. 13 Many ere þe scourgynges the swyngyns of synful: bot hopand in lord mercy sall vmgif. c1425 Processional Nuns Chester (1899) 31 Ihu thy Crowne satt full soore and thy scowrgynge when thow bett wore. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid vii. vi. 133 Thou may skurgeyngis and strakis in lugeings rais, And thow of frendis may mak mortale fays. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2262/1 The scourging of Thomas Greene. c1570 W. Wager Longer thou Livest (Brandl) 142 I am good at scourging of my Toppe. 1625 T. Godwin Moses & Aaron v. viii. 251 This beating or scourging was commanded, Deut. 25. 2, 3. where the number of stripes was limited, which the Iudge might not exceed. 1796 E. Burke Let. Dec. in Corr. (1970) IX. 167 You remember with what indignation I heard of the scourging of the Soldier at Carrick. 1824 W. Irving Tales of Traveller I. 257 In spite of all the scourgings I suffered at that school. 1893 Athenæum 30 Sept. 445/3 Those whom we have seen put to death certainly bore no traces of recent scourging. b. As a part of religious discipline. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > piety > asceticism or mortification > [noun] > by beating scourgingc1386 flagellation1490 self-flagellation?1776 flagellantism1855 society > faith > worship > sacrament > confession > penance > [noun] > by beating scourgingc1386 flagellation1490 flagellantism1855 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 1055 Thanne is discipline eek in knokkynge of thy brest, in scourgynge with yerdes, in knelynges. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 23289 And for þei wolde no scourgyng Þole for loue of heuen kyng Þei shul be beten euer on on. a1440 Bk. Found. St. Bartholomew's (1923) 41 Betwene oure squorgyng, ȝeue we thankyngys to God. 1665 J. Spencer Disc. Vulgar Prophecies 42 Severe disciplines of the body by excessive fastings and scourgings. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > [noun] telingeOE chastiment?c1225 snapinga1300 snibbinga1300 reproving?1316 undernimminga1325 correctiona1340 threapening1340 admonishingc1350 reproofa1375 scourgingc1374 correptionc1380 repreyningc1390 reprehensiona1413 undertakingc1430 rebuke?a1439 admonition1440 correptingc1449 rebut?c1450 reprehendingc1450 redargution1483 reproval1493 increpation1502 prisec1540 tasking1543 check1588 improof1590 snubbing1600 threap1636 compellation1656 reprovement1675 reprimanding1698 rowing1812 lecturing1861 carpeting1888 eldering1912 woodshedding1940 stick1956 c1374 G. Chaucer Compl. Mars 42 And þus she norissheþe him in hir manere With no thinge but with skowrginge of hir chere. 3. A picture of the scourging of Jesus: = flagellation n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > painting according to subject > [noun] > religious painting > picture by subject majestyc1450 the Visitation (of our Lady)1498 Our Lady Piety1533 annunciation1556 nativity1646 Pietàc1660 noli me tangerea1684 virgina1684 glory1708 flagellation1728 scourging1757 Mater Dolorosa1800 crucifixion1841 hortus conclusus1852 Hodegetria1880 Gethsemane1901 anastasis1995 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 225 Here is also the scourging of Christ, and the Four Seasons by Albani. 4. The action of impoverishing the soil by reckless methods of cultivation. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [noun] > reckless cultivation scourging1842 skinning1843 1842 J. Aiton Domest. Econ. (1857) 192 Let the same rule hold in respect to an outgoing incumbent which restricts an outgoing tenant, and let that rule be—no scourging. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2020). scourgingadj. 1. That chastises with a scourge. literal and figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [adjective] > that uses whip or scourge scourgingc1595 whipping1598 swingeinga1614 lashing1645 flagellant1880 c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme lxxiii. 14 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 93 The scourging plagues, which on their neighbours fall, Torment not them. 1602 J. Marston Antonios Reuenge iv. iii. sig. H2 There is a thing cald scourging Nemesis. 1604 C. Edmondes Observ. Cæsars Comm. II. vii. xv. 79 Our English nation caried a scourging hand in France. 1706 E. Ward Hudibras Redivivus I. v. 20 Next, lay thy scourging Hand, good L..d Upon that High-Church Scribe, Ned Ward. 2. That impoverishes (ground under cultivation). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > [adjective] > cultivating recklessly scourging1799 1799 Sir W. Murray in J. Robertson Gen. View Agric. Perth 167 (note) Perhaps lint..is not a very scourging crop. 1851 Chambers's Jrnl. 3 May 279/2 Exhausting the natural soil with a scourging succession of grain crops. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.a1340adj.c1595 |
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