I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut. [ 1913 Webster ]

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well. L'Estrange. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure. [ 1913 Webster ]

We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail. [ 1913 Webster ]

And big waves lash the frighted shores. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To throw out with a jerk or quickly. [ 1913 Webster ]

He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice. [ 1913 Webster ]

To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

To lash out, to strike out wildly or furiously; also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A weir in a river. [ Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lashing out, a striking out; also, extravagance. [ 1913 Webster ]