Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LASH, v.t.

1. To strike with a lash or any thing pliant; to whip or scourge. We lash the pupil and defraud the ward. – Dryden.
2. To throw up with a sudden jerk. He falls; and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. – Dryden.
3. To beat, as with something loose; to dash against. And big waves lash the frighted shores. – Prior.
4. To tie or bind with a rope or cord; to secure or fasten by a string; as, to lash any thing to a mast or to a yard; to lash a trunk on a coach.
5. To satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice.