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a & n. from Whip, v. Whipping post, a post to which offenders are tied, to be legally whipped.

A whipping on the breech, or the act of whipping on the breech. I view the prince with Aristarchus' eyes, Whose looks were as a breeching to a boy. Marlowe.

hment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.

A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth.

Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited; as, a free horse.

Hence, any instrument of use or service. That angry fool . . . Whipping her house, did with his amarting tool Oft whip her dainty self. Spenser.

The act or process of whipping or stinging with nettles; -- sometimes used in the treatment of paralysis.

The act of beating or whipping. [Obs.]

of water) with a rod and artificial fly, the motion being that employed in using a whip. Whipping their rough surface for a trout. Emerson. To whip in, to drive in, or keep from scattering, as hounds in a hurt; hence, to collect, or to keep together, as member of a party, or the like. -- To whip the cat. (a) To pract…

One who whips; especially, an officer who inflicts the penalty of legal whipping.