Lash

Lash
Lash Lash (l[a^]sh), 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. [1913 Webster]

I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. --Addison. [1913 Webster]

2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes. [1913 Webster]

4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut. [1913 Webster]

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]

5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash. [1913 Webster]

6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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