scourging

Etymology

verb

  1. present participle and gerund of scourge

noun

  1. A beating with a scourge; a flogging.
    The penalty for the breach of various contracts is scourging with stripes[…] 1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 114

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