knout ( synonym found)
Definition of knout:

(n) : a leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia
"1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. -- Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"
(v) : to flog or beat with a knout
"1992: Different, isn't it? It's called kava, by the way. The Fijians make it by knouting some root or other. -- Will Self, Cock and Bull"
Definition of knout:

(n) : a leather scourge (multi-tail whip), in the severe version known as 'great knout' with metal weights on each tongue, notoriously used in imperial Russia
"1980: Spray and then slogging knouts of water hit the windows or lights like snarling disaffected at a mansion of the rich and frivolous. -- Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers"
(v) : to flog or beat with a knout
"1992: Different, isn't it? It's called kava, by the way. The Fijians make it by knouting some root or other. -- Will Self, Cock and Bull"
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