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   Lash (lăsh), 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.
   
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   We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. Dryden.
   
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   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”.
   
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   And big waves lash the frighted shores. Dryden.
   
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   3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
   
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   He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. Dryden.
   
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   4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, “to lash vice”.
   
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