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bastinade

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bas⋅ti⋅nade

  [bas-tuh-neyd, -nahd]
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–noun, verb (used with object), -nad⋅ed, -nad⋅ing.
bastinado.
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bas·ti·na·do   (bās'tə-nā'dō, -nä'-)   
n.   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.

tr.v.   bas·ti·na·doed also bas·ti·nad·ed, bas·ti·na·do·ing also bas·ti·nad·ing, bas·ti·na·does also bas·ti·nades
To subject to a beating; thrash.

[Alteration of Spanish bastonada, from baston, stick, from Vulgar Latin *bastō, *bastōn-.]
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