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knout

knout [ nowt ]


noun  (plural knouts)
Definition:
 
leather whip: a leather whip used for flogging



transitive verb  (past and past participle knout·ed, present participle knout·ing, 3rd person present singular knouts)
Definition:
 
beat somebody with knout: to flog somebody using a knout

[Mid-17th century. Via French< Russian knut< Old Norse knútr "knot"]
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