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Definition of Knout
1. Noun. A whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners.
Generic synonyms: Whip
Definition of Knout
1. n. A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The lash 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.
Definition of Knout
1. Noun. A leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia. ¹
2. Verb. To flog or beat with a knout. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Knout
1. to flog with a leather whip [v -ED, -ING, -S]
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