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Webster 1913 Edition

Lash

Lash

(lăsh)
,
Noun.
[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.
I observed that your whip wanted a
lash
to it.
Addison.
2.
A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
[Obs.]
3.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough;
as, the culprit received thirty-nine
lashes
.
4.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
The moral is a
lash
at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
L’Estrange.
5.
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
6.
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.

Lash

(lăsh)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lashed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lashng
.]
1.
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
We
lash
the pupil, and defraud the ward.
Dryden.
2.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash;
as, a whale
lashes
the sea with his tail
.
And big waves
lash
the frighted shores.
Dryden.
3.
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
He falls, and
lashing
up his heels, his rider throws.
Dryden.
4.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity;
as, to
lash
vice
.

Lash

,
Verb.
I.
To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language.
To laugh at follies, or to
lash
at vice.
Dryden.
To lash out
,
to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively.

Lash

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. D.
lasschen
to fasten together,
lasch
piece, joint, Sw.
laska
to stitch, Dan.
laske
stitch. See
Lash
,
Noun.
]
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten;
as, to
lash
something to a spar; to
lash
a pack on a horse's back.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lash

LASH

,
Noun.
1.
The thong or braided cord of a whip.
I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
2.
A leash or string.
3.
A stroke with a whip, or any thing pliant and tough. The culprit was whipped thirty nine lashes.
4.
A stroke of satire; a sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain.
The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.

LASH

,
Verb.
T.
1.
To strike with a lash or any thing pliant; to whip or scourge.
We lash the pupil and defraud the ward.
2.
To throw up with a sudden jerk.
He falls; and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.
3.
To beat, as with something loose; to dash against.
And big waves lash the frighted shores -
4.
To tie or bind with a rope or cord; to secure or fasten by a string; as, to lash any thing to a mast or to a yard; to lash a trunk on a coach.
5.
To satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

LASH

,
Verb.
I.
To ply the whip; to strike at.
To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice.
To lash out, is to be extravagant or unruly.

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