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  1. 1. n. A blow with a stick or cudgel. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. 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. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet Source: wordnet
  5. 5. n. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels Source: wordnet
  6. 6. v. beat somebody on the soles of the feet Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. 2. 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. To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. Source: webster
  8. 8. To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of thefeet. Source: adambom
  9. 9. n. a cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet n. a form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels v. beat somebody on the soles of the feet Source: ecdict

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