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Bastinado

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Noun

1. bastinado

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

2. bastinado, falanga

a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

Verb

3. bastinado

beat somebody on the soles of the feet

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Bastinado

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noun plural -does
1. 
punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick
2. 
a blow or beating with a stick
3. 
a stick; cudgel
verb -does, -doing or -doed (transitive)
4. 
to beat (a person) on the soles of the feet

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Bastinado

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nounWord forms: plural ˌbastiˈnadoes
1. 
a beating or blow with a stick, usually on the soles of the feet, esp. as a method of punishment
2. 
a rod, stick, or cudgel
: Also ˌbastiˈnade (ˌbæstəˈneɪd ; basˌtənādˈ)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˌbastiˈnadoed or ˌbastiˈnadoing
3. 
to inflict the bastinado on

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Bastinado

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n. pl. bas·ti·na·does also bas·ti·nades
1. A beating with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
2. A stick or cudgel.
tr.v. bas·ti·na·doed, bas·ti·na·do·ing, bas·ti·na·does also bas·ti·nad·ed or bas·ti·nad·ing or bas·ti·nades
To subject to a beating; thrash.

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