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Bastinado
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Span. baston, Fr. baton, a stick, cudgel), the European name for a form of punishment common in the east, especially in Turkey, Persia and China. It consists in blows with a light stick or lath of bamboo upon the soles of the feet or on the buttocks. The terror of the punishment lies not in the severity of the blows, which are on the contrary scarcely more than tapping, but in its long continuation. A skilful bastinadoist can kill his victim after hours of torture.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bastinado'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bastinado.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bastinado'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bastinado.html. 1910.
