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 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 Charles Reade
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 John Corbin
But the lasher roared nearer and nearer, and the stream pulled them to it with iron force.
From A Perilous Secret by Charles Reade
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 John Buchan
Between it and the schooner the sea ran in a lasher of diminishing turmoil.
From A Man to His Mate by Stockton Mulford
