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Meaning of 'knout' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Knout [ n.]
- A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.
2 . Knout [ v. t.]
- To punish with the knout.

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