flogging : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flogging	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for flogging
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flogging n beating with a whip or strap or rope as a form of punishment Synonym(s): whipping, tanning, flogging, lashing, flagellation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flog \Flog\ (fl[ocr]g), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flogged} (fl[ocr]gd); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flogging} (-g[icr]ng).] [Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. {Flagellate}.] To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flogging \Flog"ging\, a. & n. from {Flog}, v. t. {Flogging chisel} (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. {Flogging hammer}, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.