Lash (?), n. [OE. lasche; cf. D. lasch piece set in, joint, seam, G. lashe latchet, a bit of leather, gusset, stripe, laschen to furnish with flaps, to lash or slap, Icel. laski gusset, flap, laska to break.]
1.
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
Addison.
2.
A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
[Obs.]
3.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
4.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
L'Estrange.
5.
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6.
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
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Lash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Lashng.]
1.
To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward.
Dryden.
2.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail.
And big waves lash the frighted shores.
Dryden.
3.
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.
Dryden.
4.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.
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Lash
,. v. i. To ply the whip; to strike; to uttercensure or sarcastic language.
To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.
Dryden.
To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously.
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Lash, v. t. [Cf. D. lasschen to fasten together, lasch piece, joint, Sw. laska to stitch, Dan. laske stitch. See Lash, n. ]
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back.
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