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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

KNOUT, n. nout. A punishment in Russia, inflicted with a whip.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a whip with a lash of leather thongs twisted with wire; used for flogging prisoners

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Russian knut, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse kn?tr knot; akin to Old English cnotta Date: 1716 a whip used for flogging • knout transitive verb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. --n. hist. a scourge used in imperial Russia, often causing death. --v.tr. flog with a knout. Etymology: F f. Russ. knut f. Icel. knútr, rel. to KNOT(1)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Knout Knout (nout or n[=oo]t), n. [Russ. knut'; prob. of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. knut knot, knout, Icel. kn[=u]tr knot: cf. F. knout. See Knot.] A kind of whip for flogging criminals, formerly much used in Russia. The last is a tapering bundle of leather thongs twisted with wire and hardened, so that it mangles the flesh.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Knout Knout, v. t. To punish with the knout. --Brougham.