Bastinado : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Bastinado	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bastinado n a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels Synonym(s): bastinado, falanga v beat somebody on the soles of the feet
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, n.; pl. {Bastinadoes}. [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b[?]ton) a stick or staff. See {Baston}.] 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Bastinado \Bas`ti*na"do\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bastinadoes}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bastinadoing}.] To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
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).