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A thin tough kind of hempen cord, of which whiplashes or the ends of them are made; in allusive use, the material of whiplashes.
(a) = whipcord, n. 1; (b) the line or rope of a ‘whip’ (whip, n. 15).
A lash or scourge made of wire. Obsolete.