| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bastinado |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bas·ti·na·do |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  b s t -n  d , -nä- |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also bas·ti·nade (-nd, -näd) |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. bas·ti·na·does also bas·ti·nades
1. A beating with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet. 2. A stick or cudgel. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: bas·ti·na·doed also bas·ti·nad·ed, bas·ti·na·do·ing, bas·ti·nad·ing, bas·ti·na·does, bas·ti·nades
To subject to a beating; thrash. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Alteration of Spanish bastonada, from baston, stick, from Vulgar Latin *bast, *bastn-.
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