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 Thomas Hughes
But the lasher roared nearer and nearer, and the stream pulled them to it with iron force.
From A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade
One continued heterogeneous living stream was pouring on from St “Ole’s” to King’s barge, and thence across the river in punts, down to the starting-place by the lasher.
From Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 by Various
The lasher was forcing his punt against the willow on the opposite bank, whereupon, to my heart's delight, he lazily tried to fend it off with his arms.
From An American at Oxford by John Corbin
Between it and the schooner the sea ran in a lasher of diminishing turmoil.
From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford
