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scourge (dict)
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ScourgeA scourge (from the Italian scoriada, ultimately from the Latin excoriare flay and corium skin), comprises a whip or lash, especially one used for the infliction of punishment. The typical scourge (in Latin: flagellum or flagrum) has several thongs or lashes attached to a single handle, as in the cat-o'-nine-tails. The scourge or flail, and the crook, are the two symbols of power and domination depicted in the hands of Osiris in ancient Egyptian monuments; these show the unchanging form of the instrument throughout the ages. Adapted from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica
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