2. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. [Obs.]

3. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit

received thirty-nine lashes.

4. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or

gives pain; a cut.

The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves

which succeeds well.

L'Estrange.