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An instrument of chastisement. Obsolete.
Anything with which one administers a thrashing; a stick.
An implement used for slapping with.
Subcategories:
— whip or scourge (51)
— rope (6)
— rod or birch (17)
— cane (11)
— ferule or flat piece of wood (8)
— strap (4)
— bull's penis (2)
— slipper (1)
— gun to which sailors were lashed (1)
— building used for (2)
— whipping-place (1)
— whipping-post or tripod (11)
— whipping-block (3)
— back of cart (1)
— fetters (1)