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When we "shoot the lasher," as the phrase goes, you will get a hint as to why the obsolete term still clings to this weir.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John

Old Holywell Mill was on a branch of the Cherwell, and stood just behind Magdalen Walks, whence a charming view was had of its wheel and lasher.

From The Naturalist on the Thames by Cornish, C. J. (Charles John)

The word "lasher" is obsolete almost everywhere else in England, and even to the Oxford mind it describes the lashing overflow rather than the lache or slack water above.

From An American at Oxford by Corbin, John

"Then we're very well out of it," said the other, looking at the steep descent into the lasher, and the rolling tumbling rush of the water below.

From Tom Brown at Oxford by Hughes, Thomas

A little above it was a mill; and the lasher made a pleasant cool sound in the scented dusk.

From The Thirty-Nine Steps by Buchan, John