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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun knout has 1 sense

knout(n = noun.artifact) Array - a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners; Array

is a kind of

whip

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CIDE DICTIONARY

knout, n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kn knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.].

A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The lash is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh. [1913 Webster]

knout, v. t.

To punish with the knout. Brougham. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

knout, n. & v.
--n. hist. a scourge used in imperial Russia, often causing death.
--v.tr. flog with a knout.

Etymology

F f. Russ. knut f. Icel. kn{uacute}tr, rel. to KNOT(1)

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knout

Scourge
N scourge, rod, cane, stick, ratan, rattan, birch, birch rod, azote, blacksnake, bullwhack, chicote, kurbash, quirt, rawhide, sjambok, rod in pickle, switch, ferule, cudgel, truncheon, whip, bullwhip, lash, strap, thong, cowhide, knout, cat, cat o'nine tails, rope's end, pillory, stocks, whipping post, cucking stool, ducking stool, brank, trebuchet, trebuket, triangle, wooden horse, iron maiden, thumbscrew, boot, rack, wheel, iron heel, chinese water torture, treadmill, crank, galleys, scaffold, block, ax, guillotine, stake, cross, gallows, gibbet, tree, drop, noose, rope, halter, bowstring, death chair, electric chair, gas chamber, lethal injection, firing squad, mecate, house of correction, goaler, jailer, executioner, electrocutioner, lyncher, hangman, headsman, Jack Ketch.