Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The slack water collected above a weir in a river; hence, a weir.
- noun One who lashes.
- noun A lashing; a thong or cord used as a lushing.
- noun A fish, the Cottus bubalis. See
father-lasher .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who whips or lashes.
- noun A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another; -- called also
lashing . - noun engraving A weir in a river.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
whips orlashes . - noun A piece of rope for binding or making fast one thing to another.
- noun UK A
weir in ariver .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a driver who urges the animals on with lashes of a whip
Etymologies
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Examples
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Guess this is where I should write about mother, Dr. lasher said it would help.
Peeg and Brie (opening of a teen novel) shelby hiatt 2010
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But, yeah, thanks for opening up my eyes on how ASP could things nicely. lasher Says:
Microsoft Asp.net 2.0 Performance. « The Paradigm Shift 2006
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Rossie has her secret tounge lasher and Donald has his hair to hit her with.
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Rossie has her secret tounge lasher and Donald has his hair to hit her with.
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A hero is any ordinary American who refuses to fight war, who refuses to tremble in the face of terror, who refuses to strike back at his lasher.
What makes a hero? 2005
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A little above it was a mill; and the lasher made a pleasant cool sound in the scented dusk.
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So hmmm, since he's a bit of a lasher-outer when he's asleep, I am a little bit nervous to start cuddling him when he's in the middle of a dream about karate or something!!!
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2003
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Aloyis Ramotsamai, who worked as a lasher, said he managed to outrun the mud slide and found safety near a vertical shaft where he held on.
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Aloyis Ramotsamai, who worked as a lasher, said he managed to outrun the mud slide and found safety near a vertical shaft where he held on.
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He sighed, thinking about them while he tied off his fourth or fifth lasher, then hacked away steadily at a branch as thick as his upper arm.
Owlflight Lackey, Mercedes 1997
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