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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet;

2. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels;
[syn: bastinado, falanga]


VERB (1)

1. beat somebody on the soles of the feet;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[^a]ton) a stick or staff. See Baston.] [1913 Webster] 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.] To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

bastinado n 1: a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet 2: a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels [syn: bastinado, falanga] v 1: beat somebody on the soles of the feet
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Bastinado beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev. 19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).
The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906):

BASTINADO, n. The act of walking on wood without exertion.