Bās'ti-nāde' or Bās'ti-nā'do, n.

noun

n. [Fr. baston-nade, Pr. & Sp. bastonada, It. bastonata, from O. Fr. baston, now bâton, Pr. & Sp. baston, It. bastone, a stick or staff. Cf. BASTE.] A sound beating with a stick or cudgel; specifically, a form of punishment among the Turks, Chinese, and others, consisting in beating an offender on the soles of his feet.

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