| • | The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. |
| • | A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. |
| • | A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes. |
| • | A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut. |
| • | A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash. |
| • | In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure. |
| • | To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. |
| • | To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail. |
| • | To throw out with a jerk or quickly. |
| • | To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice. |
| • | To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language. |
| • | To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back. |
