Whipping.

Whipping. See FLOGGING, KNOT. Of innumerable kinds of whips—coach-whips, horse-whips, dog-whips, &c.—the types vary from a slender pliant switch all in one piece to a short stiff handled whip with a very long lash. The stock-whip of Australia, a riding whip, has a short handle of 2 feet, with a lash 15 feet. The wagon-whip of South Africa comprises a long, tapering bamboo of 14 or 15 feet, and a lash about as long; it is a two-handed whip, wielded usually by a man on foot.