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LASH, n.

1. The thong or braided cord of a whip.

I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.

2. A leash or string.

3. A stroke with a whip, or any thing pliant and tough. The culprit was whipped thirty nine lashes.

4. A stroke of satire; a sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain.

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.

LASH, v.t.

1. To strike with a lash or any thing pliant; to whip or scourge.

We lash the pupil and defraud the ward.

2. To throw up with a sudden jerk.

He falls; and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.

3. To beat, as with something loose; to dash against.

And big waves lash the frighted shores -

4. To tie or bind with a rope or cord; to secure or fasten by a string; as, to lash any thing to a mast or to a yard; to lash a trunk on a coach.

5. To satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

LASH, v.i. To ply the whip; to strike at.

To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.

To lash out, is to be extravagant or unruly.


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LASH, n.

1. The thong or braided cord of a whip.

I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.

2. A leash or string.

3. A stroke with a whip, or any thing pliant and tough. The culprit was whipped thirty nine lashes.

4. A stroke of satire; a sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain.

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.

LASH, v.t.

1. To strike with a lash or any thing pliant; to whip or scourge.

We lash the pupil and defraud the ward.

2. To throw up with a sudden jerk.

He falls; and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.

3. To beat, as with something loose; to dash against.

And big waves lash the frighted shores -

4. To tie or bind with a rope or cord; to secure or fasten by a string; as, to lash any thing to a mast or to a yard; to lash a trunk on a coach.

5. To satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

LASH, v.i. To ply the whip; to strike at.

To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.

To lash out, is to be extravagant or unruly.

LASH, n. [This may be the same word as leash, Fr. laisse, or it may be allied to the G. lasche; a slap, laschen, to lash or slap, and both may be from one root.]

  1. The thong or braided cord of a whip. I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. – Addison.
  2. A leash or string.
  3. A stroke with a whip, or any thing pliant and tough. The culprit was whipped thirty-nine lashes.
  4. A stroke of satire; a sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain. The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. – L'Estrange.

LASH, v.i.

To ply the whip; to strike at. To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. – Dryden. To lash out, is to be extravagant or unruly. – Feltham.


LASH, v.t.

  1. To strike with a lash or any thing pliant; to whip or scourge. We lash the pupil and defraud the ward. – Dryden.
  2. To throw up with a sudden jerk. He falls; and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. – Dryden.
  3. To beat, as with something loose; to dash against. And big waves lash the frighted shores. – Prior.
  4. To tie or bind with a rope or cord; to secure or fasten by a string; as, to lash any thing to a mast or to a yard; to lash a trunk on a coach.
  5. To satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

Lash
  1. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

    I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. Addison.

  2. To strike with a lash] to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.

    We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. Dryden.

  3. To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.

    To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. Dryden.

    To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously.

  4. 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.
  5. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.

    [Obs.]
  6. 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.

    And big waves lash the frighted shores. Dryden.

  7. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
  8. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.

    He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. Dryden.

  9. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.

    The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. L'Estrange.

  10. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
  11. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
  12. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
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Lash

LASH, noun

1. The thong or braided cord of a whip.

I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.

2. A leash or string.

3. A stroke with a whip, or any thing pliant and tough. The culprit was whipped thirty nine lashes.

4. A stroke of satire; a sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain.

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.

LASH, verb transitive

1. To strike with a lash or any thing pliant; to whip or scourge.

We lash the pupil and defraud the ward.

2. To throw up with a sudden jerk.

He falls; and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.

3. To beat, as with something loose; to dash against.

And big waves lash the frighted shores -

4. To tie or bind with a rope or cord; to secure or fasten by a string; as, to lash any thing to a mast or to a yard; to lash a trunk on a coach.

5. To satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

LASH, verb intransitive To ply the whip; to strike at.

To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.

To lash out, is to be extravagant or unruly.

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