Antonyms for knout
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : nout |
| Phonetic Transcription : naÊŠt |
Definition of knout
- As in whip : noun length of material for hitting
- It was not inhumanity, but fear of the knout that hurried him away.
- Extract from : « Beauty and The Beast, and Tales From Home » by Bayard Taylor
- Chancellor Bestuchef, in the year 1756, was forced to confession by the knout.
- Extract from : « The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck » by Baron Trenck
- Will you swear to that, or shall I work the knout in order to bring out the truth?
- Extract from : « The Boy Nihilist » by Allan Arnold
- Then he swings the knout anew, with the same accuracy and the same result.
- Extract from : « The Daughter of an Empress » by Louise Muhlbach
- The knout—the knout—and that attended with public exposure in the market-place.
- Extract from : « The Pacha of Many Tales » by Frederick Marryat
- Some were beheaded after undergoing the punishment of the knout or battocks.
- Extract from : « The History of Peter the Great, Emperor of Russia » by Voltaire
- He holds in both hands the instrument of punishment—the knout.
- Extract from : « The Shadow of the Czar » by John R. Carling
- Strike and keep on striking as if you were giving her the knout.
- Extract from : « The Duchesse de Langeais » by Honore de Balzac
- A tipsy man had thirty lashes with the knout for committing the like offence.
- Extract from : « The Story of Moscow » by Wirt Gerrare
- I would have had it out of you with the knout then, my excellent friend.
- Extract from : « The Intriguers » by William Le Queux
Synonyms for knout
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