Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of fustigating or cudgeling; punishment inflicted by cudgeling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.
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- noun a
beating with aclub - noun by extension a harsh
verbal assault
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Examples
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And she bade them bash me; so they beat me on my ribs and the marks ye saw are the scars of that fustigation.
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The negroes, particularly those at whose fustigation I had assisted in the morning, joined in the scoffs of their masters, calling me
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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I recognized him as one whose fustigation had so revived my crapulous spirits in the morning.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 Various
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Celtiberian Egnatius meriting fustigation for an untimely display of well-whitened teeth, sir: 'quicquid est, ubicunque est, quodcunque agit, renidet:': -- ha?
The Egoist George Meredith 1868
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Celtiberian Egnatius meriting fustigation for an untimely display of well-whitened teeth, sir: 'quicquid est, ubicunque est, quodcunque agit, renidet:': -- ha?
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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Oh, I'm as well as common, and so be folks at home; I've given Friswith a fustigation, and tied up Joan to the bedpost, and told our Tom he'd best look out.
All's Well Alice's Victory Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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And after all, I do think _Father's_ talk was worser than the fustigation [whipping].
Joyce Morrell's Harvest The Annals of Selwick Hall Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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The god, in anger, retorts that if that punishment has no fears for him, a fustigation by the farmer with the self-same mentule used as a cudgel may have a more deterrent effect.
The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus Gaius Valerius Catullus 1855
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And she bade them bash me; so they beat me on my ribs and the marks ye saw are the scars of that fustigation.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Nothing could be more hearty than the blows bestowed upon the minister's representative, except the applause with which this satire, composed of actual fustigation, was received.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 08: 1563-64 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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