lash
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1. lash - Noun
2. lash - Adjective
3. lash - Verb
4. Lash - Proper noun
Meaning
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
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.
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
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.
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Of all God's creatures there is only one that cannot be made the slave of the lash. That one is the cat. If man could be crossed with a cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.
Don't talk to me about Naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.
He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.
To ruminate upon evils, to make critical notes upon injuries, and be too acute in their apprehensions, is to add unto our own tortures, to feather the arrows of our enemies, to lash ourselves with the scorpions of our foes, and to resolve to sleep no more.
Whence had they come The hand and lash that beat down frigid Rome What sacred drama through her body heaved When world-transforming Charlemagne was conceived.
Hurrah for revolution and more cannon-shot A beggar upon horseback lashes a beggar on foot. Hurrah for revolution and cannon come again The beggars have changed places, but the lash goes on.