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Bastinado
(n.)
A blow with a stick or cudgel.
Bastinado
(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.
Bastinado
(v. t.)
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.