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Webster 1913 Edition
Flog
Flog
(flŏg)
, Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Flogged
(flŏgd)
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flogging
(-gĭng)
.] [Cf. Scot.
fleg
blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan
to strike, or perh. fr. L. flagellare
to whip. Cf. Flagellate
.] To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.
Webster 1828 Edition
Flog
FLOG
,Verb.
T.
To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows; a colloquial word, applied to whipping or beating for punishment; as, to flog a schoolboy or a sailor.