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Webster 1913 Edition

Trounce

Trounce

,

Verb.

T.

[

imp. & p. p.

Trounced

;

p. pr. & vb. n.

Trouncing

.]

[F.

tronce

,

tronche

, a stump, piece of wood. See

.]

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

[Colloq.]

Webster 1828 Edition

Trounce

TROUNCE

,

Verb.

T.

trouns. To punish, or to beat severely. [A low word.]