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Bastinado

Basˊti-na′do

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Bastinadoes
.
[Sp.
bastonada
(cf. F.
bastonnade
), fr.
baston
(cf. F.
bâton
) a stick or staff. See
Baston
.]
1.
A blow with a stick or cudgel.
2.
A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.

Basˊti-na′do

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bastinadoed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bastinadoing
.]
To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.