The whipping-post.
·vt To pierce or wound with a stake. II. Stake ·add. ·noun A territorial division; — called also s...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
·adj & ·noun from Flog, ·vt. II. Flogging ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of <<Flog>>. ...
·noun The common American bittern (Botaurus lentiginosus); — so called because one of its notes res...
a may-pole. See Bailey's Diet. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
A debilitated lecher, commonly an old one. ...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
The beadle, or whipper, in Bridewell. ...
Punishing over the clothes of a culprit. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
Where there is no ship time-piece the watches and half-hour bells are governed by a half-hour sand-g...