Emily Dickinson Lexicon

FLAG-EL-LA'TION, n. [L. flagello, to beat or whip, to flog, from flagellum, a whip, scourge or flail, D. vlegel, G. flegel, Fr. fleau. See Flail and Flog.]

A beating or whipping; a flogging; the discipline of the scourge. Garth.