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bastinado

noun verb

A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

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Word length
9
Starts with
B
Ends with
O
Contains
AS
Scrabble score
12

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noun

  1. A form of torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with whips or cudgels

noun

  1. A cudgel used to give someone a beating on the soles of the feet

verb

  1. Beat somebody on the soles of the feet

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