To defeat someone soundly; to annihilate or crush.
To beat (someone or something) with a stick.
To forcefully teach something.
To criticize harshly; to excoriate.
Carbonaceous shale; small coal; slate, dross, or rubbish in coal.
To execute by strangulation.
To suddenly render insensible by semi-strangulation, and then to rob.
A cord, wire or similar used for strangulation.
An iron collar formerly used in Spain to execute people by strangulation.