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| knout [ nowt ] |
noun (plural knouts) |
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leather whip: a leather whip used for flogging
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transitive verb (past and past participle knout·ed, present participle knout·ing, 3rd person present singular knouts) |
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beat somebody with knout: to flog somebody using a knout
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| [Mid-17th century. Via French< Russian knut< Old Norse knútr "knot"] |
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