castigation
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He must also know Jommithry accordin' to Grunther's scale—the Castigation of the Klipsticks—Surveying, and the use of the Jacob-staff.
From The Hedge School; The Midnight Mass; The Donagh Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three by Carleton, William
He hath not wanted Prayer, Fasting, nor Castigation, which are proper Physick for him.
From The Old Debauchees. A Comedy (1732) by Fielding, Henry
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