Flogging Instruments Dictionary (A)
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Abaíchagle (Caribe) | For the Caribe indians, crop, whip |
| Acial (Spanish) | (Central America and Ecuator). Whip used for stimulating animals. Coach driver's whip. |
| Aerial (English) | The telescopic car or radio aerials
were used for punishment as a severe rod.
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| Alaka (Arabic) | Coathanger. Very popular at home, especially the plastic ones. |
| Alambre (Spanish) | (Lit: wire) (Ecuador) extension cable used for punishments |
| Almeta (Spanish) | (Spain) Pitch covered wooden paddle. Smalll pointed pieces of glass were added to the pitch. Used by the flagellants. |
| Alpargata (Spanish) | A hemp or jute soled canvas sandal. It was used for domestic punishments in French and Spanish speaking countries
where it is a commonly used footwear.
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| Angu (Quechua) | Whip. (also means nerve, sinew) |
| Anku (Quechua) | see angu |
| Apbal or Apval (Maya) | Instrument for flogging |
| Arapnik (Russian) Aрапник |
A long hunting whip with a short wooden handle and a hemp tail. Used to
control the dogs.
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| Ariri (Yoruba) | Whip (Cuban Santería) |
| Arreador (Portuguese) | In the gaúcho area of Brazil, arreador |
| Arreador (Spanish) | (Arg., Bol., Col., Par., Perú and Ur., from Sp. arrear, to herd) Whip with a short handle and a long thong used for herding cattle. In Argentina the thong is usually plaited, ending in a fall. It is typically about 1 yd. long. See article
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| Arriador (Spanish) | Arreador |
| Asa (Arabic) | Stick, Rod |
| Asentador de navajas (Spanish) | See Razor Strop |
| Astragala (Latin) |
 A flagrum (whip) so named because it had ram astragalus (a bone
in the ankle) at the points, instead of metallic dumbbells |
| Asuti (Quechua) | (Ayacucho, Perú) Whip. |
| Atajona (Spanish) | (Honduras, Nicaragua) Whip (Tajona) |
| Azorrague (Portuguese) | Whip made with plaited leather straps or cords. |
| Azorria (Basque) | Whip, scourge |
| Azote (Spanish) | (From Spanish Arabic assáwt, Arabic sawt). Punishment instrument made with knotted cords, sometimes with metal or bone at the points, used for punishing criminals. Generically, whip with several tails. Also means a stroke (with any instrument, even the hand). Is the Spanish equivalent for scourge |
| Azotera (Spanish) | The two ends of the reins, left after the knot that holds them together, are used for whipping a horse when no riding whip is available. Also the last portion of a whip |
| Açoite (Portuguese) | Whip. Leather strap pending from a handle, used to punish. Scourge |
| Açoiteira (Portuguese) | Short whip |
| Açoute (Portuguese) | Açoite. Whip, Scourge |
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