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).
·noun A blow with a stick or cudgel. II. Bastinado ·vt To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially o...
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