Per-strĭn'ge', v. t.
(per-strĭnj'), v. t. [Lat. perstringere, from the prefix per, through, and stringere, to bind tight or together, to touch upon.]
Sense 1. To graze; to glance on. [Obs.]
Sense 2. To criticise severely. [Rare.]
The Dean of Peterborough preached on the feast of Pentecost, perstringing those of Geneva for their irreverence of the Blessed Virgin. Evelyn.
We are borrowing old Sir Christopher's gentle knout, gently to perstringe your errors. De Quincey.