cat-o'-nine-tailsn.

Forms: Also 1700s catanine-tails, cat-and-nine-tails, 1700s–1800s cat-of-nine-tails, (1800s cat with nine tails).

Etymology: see cat n.¹ 8: probably the name was originally one of grim humour, in reference to its ‘scratching’ the back.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: cat-o'-ˈnine-tails.

1. A whip with nine knotted lashes; till 1881 an authorized instrument of punishment in the British navy and army.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > cat-o'-nine-tails

cat-o'-nine-tails1695

cat1788

bone-polisher1803

thieves' cat1867

martinet1881

bush1895

1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 44 If you shou'd give such Language at Sea, you'd have a Cat o' Nine-tails laid cross your Shoulders.

1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 241 He hung up the Cata-nine-tails.

1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 249 To whip him up with a cat and nine tails.

1763 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 90/2 The plaintiff received 300 lashes with a cat o' nine tails.

1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 316 You would joyfully submit to the cat-and-nine-tails, by way of a flapper to your dormant excitability.

1866 R. Chambers Ess. 1st Ser. 97 The disgusting operation of flaying a man alive with a cat-o'-nine-tails.

1879 Daily News 14 Aug. 5/2 A fac-simile of a cat-o'-nine-tails..was exhibited.

figurative.a1726 J. Vanbrugh False Friend Prol. (T.) You awful cat-o'-nine-tails to the stage.attributive.1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 99 What is your cat-of-nine-tails man, in a battle or a storm?

2. A bulrush. (U.S.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush

bulrushc1440

holrushc1440

glagol1480

cat's tail1548

reedmace1548

Typha1548

sun's brow1567

marsh beetle1578

marsh pestle1578

mat-rush1578

pole rush1578

water torch1578

water cat's-tail1597

ditch-down1611

doda1661

club-rush1677

deer-hair1777

club-grass1787

draw-ling1795

raupo1823

tule1837

boulder1847

blackheads1850

cat-o'-nine-tails1858

flax-tail1861

bull-sedge1879

mace reed1901

totora1936

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Oct. 621/2 It swayed back and forward like a cat-o'nine-tails (bulrush) with a bobolink on it.

1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 100/1 A mossy bank with overhanging ferns and cat-o'-nine-tails.

Derivatives

cat-o'-nine-tail v. (humorous).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > with cat-o'-nine-tails

cat-o'-nine-tail1796

cat1865

1796 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. 272 Must man be cat-a-ninetailed by care, until he shields himself in a shroud?

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	cat-o-nine-tails
释义	cat-o'-nine-tailsn. Forms: Also 1700s catanine-tails, cat-and-nine-tails, 1700s–1800s cat-of-nine-tails, (1800s cat with nine tails). Etymology: see cat n.¹ 8: probably the name was originally one of grim humour, in reference to its ‘scratching’ the back.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: cat-o'-ˈnine-tails. 1. A whip with nine knotted lashes; till 1881 an authorized instrument of punishment in the British navy and army. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > cat-o'-nine-tails cat-o'-nine-tails1695 cat1788 bone-polisher1803 thieves' cat1867 martinet1881 bush1895 1695 W. Congreve Love for Love iii. i. 44 If you shou'd give such Language at Sea, you'd have a Cat o' Nine-tails laid cross your Shoulders. 1707 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Comical Wks. 241 He hung up the Cata-nine-tails. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxvii. 249 To whip him up with a cat and nine tails. 1763 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 90/2 The plaintiff received 300 lashes with a cat o' nine tails. 1806 J. Beresford Miseries Human Life I. xii. 316 You would joyfully submit to the cat-and-nine-tails, by way of a flapper to your dormant excitability. 1866 R. Chambers Ess. 1st Ser. 97 The disgusting operation of flaying a man alive with a cat-o'-nine-tails. 1879 Daily News 14 Aug. 5/2 A fac-simile of a cat-o'-nine-tails..was exhibited. figurative.a1726 J. Vanbrugh False Friend Prol. (T.) You awful cat-o'-nine-tails to the stage.attributive.1834 T. P. Thompson Exercises (1842) III. 99 What is your cat-of-nine-tails man, in a battle or a storm? 2. A bulrush. (U.S.). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > a grass or grasses > reedy or aquatic grasses > [noun] > bulrush or club-rush bulrushc1440 holrushc1440 glagol1480 cat's tail1548 reedmace1548 Typha1548 sun's brow1567 marsh beetle1578 marsh pestle1578 mat-rush1578 pole rush1578 water torch1578 water cat's-tail1597 ditch-down1611 doda1661 club-rush1677 deer-hair1777 club-grass1787 draw-ling1795 raupo1823 tule1837 boulder1847 blackheads1850 cat-o'-nine-tails1858 flax-tail1861 bull-sedge1879 mace reed1901 totora1936 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Oct. 621/2 It swayed back and forward like a cat-o'nine-tails (bulrush) with a bobolink on it. 1883 Harper's Mag. Dec. 100/1 A mossy bank with overhanging ferns and cat-o'-nine-tails. Derivatives cat-o'-nine-tail v. (humorous). ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > with cat-o'-nine-tails cat-o'-nine-tail1796 cat1865 1796 R. Southey in C. C. Southey Life & Corr. R. Southey (1849) I. 272 Must man be cat-a-ninetailed by care, until he shields himself in a shroud? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1695
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