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Lash   /læʃ/   Listen
Lash

noun
1.
Any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids.  Synonyms: cilium, eyelash.
2.
Leather strip that forms the flexible part of a whip.  Synonym: thong.
3.
A quick blow delivered with a whip or whiplike object.  Synonyms: whip, whiplash.
verb
(past & past part. lashed; pres. part. lashng)
1.
Beat severely with a whip or rod.  Synonyms: flog, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip.  "The children were severely trounced"
2.
Lash or flick about sharply.
3.
Strike as if by whipping.  Synonym: whip.
4.
Bind with a rope, chain, or cord.



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"Lash" Quotes from Famous Books



... he cried, but even as he spoke LeNoir, seeing his opportunity, sprang at him and with a backward kick caught Macdonald fair in the face and lashed him hard against the wall. It was the terrible French 'lash' and was one of LeNoir's special tricks. Black Hugh, stunned and dazed, leaned back against the wall, spreading out his hands weakly before his face. LeNoir, seeing victory within his grasp, rushed in to finish off his special foe. But Yankee ...
— The Man From Glengarry - A Tale Of The Ottawa • Ralph Connor
... in hand now. The momentary weakness which had wrenched that brief, anguished appeal from his lips was past, and the dry scorn of his voice cut like a lash, stinging her into hostility ...
— The Hermit of Far End • Margaret Pedler
... for any man who ever pretended to own a human being. I have no love for a man that would sell a babe from the mother's throbbing, heaving, agonized breast. I have no respect for a man who considered a lash on the naked back as a legal tender for labor performed. So write it down, Thomas Paine was the first great abolitionist ...
— Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest • Robert Green Ingersoll
... people, both Russians and other nationalities, wearing peculiar caps and cloaks. Tipsy men and women crowded and chattered round booths, traktirs, public houses and carts. The vicinity of a town was noticeable. Giving a pull and a lash of the whip to the horse on his right, the driver sat down sideways on the right edge of the seat, so that the reins hung over that side, and with evident desire of showing off, he drove quickly down to the river, which had to be crossed by a ferry. The raft was coming towards them, and ...
— Resurrection • Count Leo Tolstoy
... she slipped the loop of a riding whip, which she always carried, but never used. Gyp had never felt the indignity of the lash, and was always willing to do what was required merely for ...
— In the Midst of Alarms • Robert Barr


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