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Word: bastinado
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A blow with a stick or cudgel.
- 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.
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Verb:
- transitive To punish someone by beating someone on the bare soles of the feet, using a stick or truncheon.
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