Read full poem →On the forecastle Ulf the Red
Watched the lashing of the ships;
"If the Serpent lie so far ahead,
Dictionary Entry
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. lashingrain lashinglashing tongue
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Poetry examples for “lashing”
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Read full poem →The water in desperate straits like frantic fish,
Salmon and sturgeon, lashing with their tails.
Then he shut down the trap door with a ring in it
Read full poem →Tear up the ground; then runs he wild about,
Lashing his angry tail, and roaring out.
Beasts creep into their dens, and tremble there;
Read full poem →The youth turned once to look at the lashing riders and
jouncing guns of the battery. He was startled from this view by a
Read full poem →Then the waste, the far waste of waters,
And the soft lashing of black waves
For long and in loneliness.
Read full poem →The tiger-cats crunching the Leaf of the Tree
Lashing themselves, and scattering foam,
Killing our huntsmen, hurrying home.