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A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.

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  1. n. A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
  2. v. t. To punish with the knout.
  3. n. a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners
  4. A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh. To punish with the knout Brougham.
  5. A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used inRussia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted withwire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
  6. n. a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners