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Bastinado
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
(2):
(v. t.) To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
(3):
(n.) A blow with a stick or cudgel.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Bastinado'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/b/bastinado.html. 1828.