cat-o'-nine-tails

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cat-o'-nine-tails (k

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n. pl. cat-o'-nine-tails

A whip consisting of nine knotted cords fastened to a handle, used in flogging.

[So called because it leaves marks like the scratches of a cat.]

cat-o'-nine-tails

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(Historical Terms) a rope whip consisting of nine knotted thongs, used formerly to flog prisoners Often shortened to cat

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Noun

cat-o'-nine-tails - a whip with nine knotted cords; "British sailors feared the cat"

cat

whip - an instrument with a handle and a flexible lash that is used for whipping

Translations

cat-o'-nine-tails [ˈkætəˈnaɪnteɪlz] N → azote m (con nueve ramales)

cat-o'-nine-tails [ˈkætənaɪnˈteɪlz] n → gatto a nove code

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CAT CATS flog lash lather let the cat out of the bag scourge slash strap torture trounce welt whip			Justice Day sentenced six members of the High Rip to be hanged and had other violent criminals flogged unmercifully with the cat-o'-nine-tails. Flash back: TALES FROM THE PAST by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England) Juveniles got 25 strokes from a cat-o'-nine-tails and adults got 50 strokes of the birch. On the road to respect by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England) He was still bleeding badly by the time police arrived and Miss Vicky, the dominatrix, was laying into Koenig with a cat-o'-nine-tails. FRAULEIN WHIPLASH MADE ME CRACK UP; Dominatrix lashes out in showdown by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			cat squirrel CAT standard cat suit cat thyme cat valium cat's cradle cat's eye cat's feet cat's foot cat's whisker cat's whiskers cat's-claw cat's-ear cat's-eye cat's-foot cat's-paw cat's-tail cat-and-dog cat-and-mouse Cat-eyed Cat-harpin Cat-harping Cat-hole cat-lick cat-o'-mountain cat-o'-nine-tails Cat-rigged Cat-salt cat-scratch fever Cat-silver cat-train cat. cat’s cradle cat’s whiskers cat’s-eye cat’s-paw Cata cata- cata-cornered catabaptist Catabasion catabasis catabatic catabatic wind catabiosis Catabiotic Catabiotic force catabolic catabolise catabolism catabolite			cat-bite abscess Cat-Bite Disease cat-bite fever Cat-brier Cat-brier Cat-burglar Cat-burglar Cat-burglar Cat-burglar CAT-CAM CAT-CAM Cat-Claw Disease Cat-Claw Disease Cat-Claw Disease cat-cry syndrome Cat-eye syndrome Cat-eyed Cat-fish Cat-fish Cat-fish Cat-flap Cat-floc Cat-floc Cat-floc Cat-harpin Cat-harping Cat-hole CAT-iq cat-lick cat-o'-mountain cat-o'-nine-tails Cat-o-nine tails Cat-o-nine-tails Cat-of-nine-tails Cat-rigged Cat-salt CAT-SCAN Cat-Scratch Adenitis Cat-Scratch Adenitis Cat-Scratch Adenitis Cat-scratch Disease Cat-scratch Disease Cat-scratch Disease Cat-scratch Disease Cat-scratch Disease Cat-scratch fever Cat-scratch fever Cat-scratch fever Cat-scratch fever Cat-scratch fever Cat-Scratch-Oculoglandular Syndrome Cat-Scratch-Oculoglandular Syndrome Cat-Scratch-Oculoglandular Syndrome CAT-Signal Bioassay Cat-silver Cat-tail Cat-tail CAT-TN CAT-TRAB cat-train cat.

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