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Lash   /læʃ/   Listen
noun
Lash  n.  
1.
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. "I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it."
2.
A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. (Obs.)
3.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
4.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut. "The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well."
5.
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6.
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.


verb
Lash  v. t.  (past & past part. lashed; pres. part. lashng)  
1.
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. "We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward."
2.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail. "And big waves lash the frighted shores."
3.
To throw out with a jerk or quickly. "He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws."
4.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.


Lash  v. t.  To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.


Lash  v. i.  To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language. "To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice."
To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively.





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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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