n. [ F. escourgée, fr. L. excoriata (sc. scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), fr. excoriare to strip, to skin. See Excoriate. ]
Up to coach then goes
The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins. Chapman. [ 1913 Webster ]
Sharp scourges of adversity. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
What scourge for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence? Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Is it lawful for you to scourge a . . . Roman? Acts xxii. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth. Heb. xii. 6. [ 1913 Webster ]
To scourge and impoverish the people. Brougham. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who scourges or punishes; one who afflicts severely. [ 1913 Webster ]
The West must own the scourger of the world. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]