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• BASTINADO (Span. baston, Fr. baton, a stick, cudgel)

BASTINADO (Span. baston, Fr. See also:

• BATON (Fr. baton, baston, from Late Lat. basto, a stick or staff)

baton, a stick, cudgel)  , the See also:

• EUROPEAN

European name for a See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of See also:

• PUNISHMENT (from Lat. punire, to punish, from poena, punishment, Gr. 7rocvil)

punishment See also:

• COMMON

common in the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east, especially in See also:

• TURKEY

Turkey, See also:

• PERSIA

Persia and See also:

• CHINA

China . It consists in blows with a See also:

• LIGHT

light stick or See also:

• LATH (0. Eng. laett, Mid. Eng. lappe, a form possibly due to the Welsh llath; the word appears in many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch lat, Ger. Latte, and has passed into Romanic, cf. Ital. latta, Fr. latte)

lath of See also:

• BAMBOO

bamboo upon the soles of the feet or on the buttocks . The terror of the punishment lies not in the severity of the blows, which are on the contrary scarcely more than tapping, but in its See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long continuation . A skilful bastinadoist can kill his victim after See also:

• HOURS, CANONICAL

hours of See also:

• TORTURE (from Lat. torquere, to twist)

torture .