bas·ti·na·do
[bas-tuh-ney-doh, -nah-doh] noun, plural bas·ti·na·does, verb, bas·ti·na·doed, bas·ti·na·do·ing. 
təˈneɪ noun
1.
a mode of punishment consisting of blows with a stick on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.
2.
a blow or a beating with a stick, cudgel, etc.
3.
a stick or cudgel.
verb (used with object)
4.
to beat with a stick, cane, etc., especially on the soles of the feet or on the buttocks.
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| —n , pl -does | |
| 1. | punishment or torture in which the soles of the feet are beaten with a stick |
| 2. | a blow or beating with a stick |
| 3. | a stick; cudgel |
| —vb , -does, -does, -doing, -doed | |
| 4. | to beat (a person) on the soles of the feet |
| [C16: from Spanish bastonada, from baston stick, from Late Latin bastum see | |
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Word Origin & History
bastinado
1570s, from Sp. bastonada "a beating, cudgeling," from baston "stick," from L.L. bastum (see baton).
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Bastinado definition
beating, a mode of punishment common in the East. It is referred to by "the rod of correction" (Prov. 22:15), "scourging" (Lev. 19:20), "chastising" (Deut. 22:18). The number of blows could not exceed forty (Deut. 25:2, 3).
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