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belashing

belashing is the present participle and gerund of belash.

Meaning of belash

Verb

belash (third-person singular simple present belashes, present participle belashing, simple past and past participle belashed)

  1. (archaic, transitive) To strike or flog with a lash; take a lash to
    • The same mother, Agnes Paston, enters among her errands in London a commission to her son's tutor, Greenfield, to "belash" his charge till he amend, he being then fifteen and having been some time at Cambridge.1869, William M. Cooper, Flagellation and the Flagellants, page 386

Questions about belashing

What is belashing the present participle and gerund of?
Belashing is the present participle and gerund of belash.

Words near belashing in the dictionary

  1. Belasco
  2. Belascos
  3. belash
  4. belashed
  5. belashes
  6. belashing
  7. belast
  8. belatacept
  9. belate
  10. belated
  11. belated happy birthday

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