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Bastinadoes
Bastinado Bas`ti*na"do, n.; pl. Bastinadoes. [Sp. bastonada (cf. F. bastonnade), fr. baston (cf. F. b?ton) a stick or staff. See Baston.] 1. A blow with a stick or cudgel. 2. A sound beating with a stick or cudgel. Specifically: A form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.
Bastinadoes
Bastinado Bas`ti*na"do, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bastinadoes; p. pr. & vb. n. Bastinadoing.] To beat with a stick or cudgel, especially on the soles of the feet.

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- Foot whipping, falanga/falaka or bastinado is a method of inflicting pain and humiliation by administering a beating on the soles of a person's bare feet...
- first gig at The Funnel in Dublin on 26 March 1998. Their debut album, Bastinado, was released in July 2000. Wexford native Derren Dempsey joined on guitar/backing...
- mutilation punishments with progressively less-severe beatings by the bastinado. Acting as a judge in lawsuits was one of the many duties of the county...
- areas of the body. For a moderated subform of flagellation, described as bastinado, the soles of a person's bare feet are used as a target for beating (see...
- choice remained the traditional bastinado used to beat soles of the feet. The "primary goal" of those using the bastinados "was to locate arms caches, safe...
- Subsequently, he himself was temporarily confined and punished with bastinado. The Bábí Faith quickly spread across Persia, attracting large numbers...
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- punishable by death, and the penalty for bodily injuries was invariably the bastinado. Robbers had their right wrists am****ted the first time, and sentenced...
- caning, flagellation or bastinado rather than those other types of physical penalty. In some countries, foot whipping (bastinado) is still practised on...
- Caning can also be applied to the soles of the feet (foot whipping or bastinado). The size and flexibility of the cane and the mode of application, as...