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KNOUT (from the French transliteration of a Russian word of Scandinavian origin; cf. A.-S. cnotta, Eng. knot)

KNOUT (from the See also:
FRENCH
FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)
French transliteration of a See also:
RUSSIAN
Russian word of Scandinavian origin; cf. A.-S. cnotta, Eng. See also:
KNOT
KNOT (O.E. cnotta, from a Teutonic stem knutt; cf. " knit," and Ger. knoten)
knot) , the See also:

WHIP

whip used in See also:

Russia for flogging criminals and See also:

POLITICAL

political offenders. It is said to have been introduced under See also:

IVAN (JOHN)

Ivan III. (1462-1505). The knout had different forms. One was a lash of raw hide, 16 in. See also:

long, attached to a wooden handle, 9 in. long. The lash ended in a See also:

metal See also:

RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring, to which was attached a second lash as long, ending also in a ring, to which in turn was attached a few inches of hard See also:

leather ending in a See also:

BEAK (early forms beke and becke, from Fr. bec, late Lat. beccus, supposed to be a Gaulish word; the Celtic bec and beq, however, are taken from the English)

beak-like See also:

hook. Another See also:

KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind consisted of many thongs of skin plaited and interwoven with See also:

WIRE (A.S. wir, a wire; cf. Swed. vire, to twist, M.H.G. wiere, a gold ornament, Lat. viriae, armlets, ultimately from the root wi, to twist, bind)

wire, ending in loose wired ends, like the See also:

cat-o'-nine tails. The victim was tied to a See also:

POST

post or on a triangle of See also:

wood and stripped, receiving the specified number of strokes on the back. A See also:

SENTENCE (Lat. sententia, a way of thinking, opinion, judgment; vote, sentire, to feel, think)

sentence of Too or 120 lashes was See also:

EQUIVALENT

equivalent to a See also:

DEATH

death sentence; but few lived to receive so many. The executioner was usually a criminal who had to pass through a See also:

PROBATION

probation and See also:

REGULAR

regular training; being let off his own penalties in return for his services. See also:

Peter the See also:

GREAT

Great is traditionally accused of knouting his son See also:

Alexis to death, and there is little doubt that the boy was actually beaten till he died, whoever was the executioner.

The See also:

EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

Nicholas I. abolished the earlier forms of knout and substituted the pleti, a three-thonged lash. Ostensibly the knout has been abolished throughout Russia and reserved for the penal settlements.

End of Article: KNOUT (from the French transliteration of a Russian word of Scandinavian origin; cf. A.-S. cnotta, Eng. knot)

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