† tunsionn.
Obsolete.
The action, or an act, of beating or striking.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > beating or repeated striking > [noun]
beating?c1225
quassation?a1425
bunchingc1440
tunsionc1440
hammering1563
pealing1582
flapping1629
pulsation1656
dousing1721
pummelling1755
pommelling1788
dunching1789
walloping1837
whacking1862
shit-kicking1954
beat-down1989
c1440 Alphabet of Tales 390 Þan þe monkis with all þer hertis prayed for hym, & did of þer clothis & bete þer selfe for hym, & made tunsions on þer breste.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Qvv And if yu fynde the gylty, gyue a tonsion on thy brest.
1532 T. More Confut. Tyndale in Wks. 350/1 He diuers times repeted those wordes with tunsions and knockinges vppon his brest.
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