Fūs'ti-gā'tion, n.

n. [Lat. fustigare, fustigatum, to beat with a cudgel, from fustis, stick, cudgel, club; Fr. fustigation.] A punishment by beating with a stick or club; cudgeling.

Nothing could be more hearty than the blows . . . except the applause with which this satire, composed of actual fustigation, was received. Motley.