The thong or braided cord of a whip. I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.

Aleash or string.

A stroke with a whip, or any thing pliant and tough. The culprit was whipped thirty nine lashes.

A stroke of satire; a sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain. The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.

To strike with a lash or any thing pliant; to whip or scourge. We lash the pupil and defraud the ward.

To throw up with a sudden jerk. He falls; and lashing up his heels, his rider throws.

To beat, as with something loose; to dash against. And big waves lash the frighted shores -/ .

To tie or bind with a rope or cord; to secure or fasten by a string; as, to lash any thing to a mast or to a yard; to lash a trunk on a coach.

To satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.

To ply the whip; to strike at. To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. To lash out, is to be extravagant or unruly.