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Meaning of 'bastinado' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Bastinado [ n.]
- A blow with a stick or cudgel.
- 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.
2 . Bastinado [ v. t.]
- To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

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