FUSTIGA'TION, noun [Latin fustigatio, from fustigo, to beat with a cudgel, from fustis, a stick or club.] Among the Ancient Romans, a punishment by beating with a stick or club, inflicted on freemen.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.