lash
noun
the flexible part of a whip; the section of cord or the like forming the extremity of a whip.
lasher
-
a word derived from
lash.
Example Sentences
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"But now you're getting chilled," and he turned from the lasher and looked at Tom's chattering jaws.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
But the stream was so strong, from the great fall of water from the lasher above, that Vere was exhausted before he could reach Millbank, and nearly sank himself.
From Coningsby by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield
He sculled down to Sandford, bathed in the lasher, and returned in time for chapel.
From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas
Between it and the schooner the sea ran in a lasher of diminishing turmoil.
From A Man to His Mate by Mulford, Stockton
But it was so powerful now as it neared the lasher that they made far more way onward to destruction than they did across the stream; still they did near the bank a little.
From A Perilous Secret by Reade, Charles
