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Strap

A long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like; specifically, a strip of thick leather used in flogging.

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Broader term 10

Band 76% connected

A fillet, strap, or any narrow ligament with which a thing is encircled, or fastened, or by which a number of things are tied, bound together, or con…

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Beat 76% connected

of Beat

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Bind 76% connected

To tie, or confine with a cord, band, ligature, chain, etc.; to fetter; to make fast; as, to bind grain in bundles; to bind a prisoner.

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Fasten 76% connected

To fix firmly; to make fast; to secure, as by a knot, lock, bolt, etc.; as, to fasten a chain to the feet; to fasten a door or window.

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Fix 76% connected

Fixed; solidified.

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Hanger 76% connected

One who hangs, or causes to be hanged; a hangman.

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Secure 76% connected

Free from fear, care, or anxiety; easy in mind; not feeling suspicion or distrust; confident.

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Sharpen 76% connected

To make sharp.

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Tie 76% connected

A knot; a fastening.

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Whip 76% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

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Manner of action 10

Birch 76% connected

A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwar…

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Cat 76% connected

An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger th…

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Cowhide 76% connected

The hide of a cow.

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Flagellate 76% connected

To whip; to scourge; to flog.

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Hobble 76% connected

To walk lame, bearing chiefly on one leg; to walk with a hitch or hop, or with crutches.

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Hopple 76% connected

To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to hopple an unruly or straying horse.

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Horsewhip 76% connected

A whip for horses.

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Leather 76% connected

The skin of an animal, or some part of such skin, tanned, tawed, or otherwise dressed for use; also, dressed hides, collectively.

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Scourge 76% connected

A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.

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Switch 76% connected

A small, flexible twig or rod.

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Narrower term 5

Crupper 76% connected

The buttocks or rump of a horse.

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Latchet 76% connected

The string that fastens a shoe; a shoestring.

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Noseband 76% connected

That part of the headstall of a bridle which passes over a horse's nose.

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Rein 76% connected

The strap of a bridle, fastened to the curb or snaffle on each side, by which the rider or driver governs the horse.

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Strop 76% connected

A strap; specifically, same as Strap, 3.

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Derivationally related 4

Lash 74% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Lash 74% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

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Weal 74% connected

The mark of a stripe. See Wale.

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Weal 74% connected

The mark of a stripe. See Wale.

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Containing whole 9

Baggage 70% connected

The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

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Bandeau 70% connected

A narrow band or fillet; a part of a head-dress.

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Brace 70% connected

That which holds anything tightly or supports it firmly; a bandage or a prop.

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Chemise 70% connected

A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

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Luggage 70% connected

That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.

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Shift 70% connected

To divide; to distribute; to apportion.

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Shimmy 70% connected

A chemise.

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Slip 70% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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Suspender 70% connected

One who, or that which, suspends; esp., one of a pair of straps or braces worn over the shoulders, for holding up the trousers.

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Synonym 7

Flog 92% connected

To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lash 92% connected

The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Lather 92% connected

Foam or froth made by soap moistened with water.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slash 92% connected

To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Trounce 92% connected

To punish or beat severely; to whip smartly; to flog; to castigate.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Welt 92% connected

That which, being sewed or otherwise fastened to an edge or border, serves to guard, strengthen, or adorn it

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Whip 92% connected

To strike with a lash, a cord, a rod, or anything slender and lithe; to lash; to beat; as, to whip a horse, or a carpet.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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