verb (used with object), scourged, scourg·ing.
- scouring pad,
- scouring rush,
Origin of scourge
Examples from the Web for scourging
Vergenza, or shame, was the same as scourging, with the lashes omitted.A History of the Inquisition of Spain; vol. 3|Henry Charles Lea
A bit of rope is a reminder of the scourging given him by the governor.Michelangelo|Estelle M. Hurll
Present, chief captain Claudius Lysias, who commands him to be "brought into the castle," and "examined by scourging."Not Paul, But Jesus|Jeremy Bentham
He is bot soft, and cowld never defend him self in the leist, bot greitt and cry, quhan he vold be scourging him.The Witch-cult in Western Europe|Margaret Alice Murray
Sir Henry, in compliance with his instructions from government, was now about to give it a scourging lesson.
Word Origin for scourge
c.1200, "a whip, lash," from Anglo-French escorge, back-formation from Old French escorgier "to whip," from Vulgar Latin *excorrigiare, from Latin ex- "out, off" (see ex-) + corrigia "thong, shoelace," in this case "whip," probably from a Gaulish word related to Old Irish cuimrech "fetter," from PIE root *reig- "to bind" (see rig (v.)). Figurative use from late 14c. Scourge of God, title given by later generations to Attila the Hun (406-453 C.E.), is attested from late 14c., from Latin flagellum Dei.
c.1300, "to whip," from Old French escorgier and from scourge (n.). Figurative meaning "to afflict" (often for the sake of punishment or purification) is from late 14c. Related: Scourged; scourging.