Flogging Instruments Dictionary (Sa-Sh)
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| Sally rod (English) | In Ireland, a willow switch (sally is the willow's common name there) |
| Sanmartin (Spanish) | (Peru) A whip, about 2 1/2 feet long, made from twisted or braided leather strips, with three or four short tails formed by leaving the end of the strips unbraided. I was also called chicote or berguita. It was a traditional domestic punishment instrument in Peru.
It was called sanmartin from the Peruvian Saint, because it was told to
"work miracles" on kids...
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| Santa Luzia (Portuguese) | A kind of ferule or palmatória. |
| Savate (French) | Old worn shoe. Slipper. See Chinela |
| Scarpe da ginnastica (Italian) | Sneakers. see Zapatilla |
| Schalalq (unidentif) | (Afghanistan) Dura |
| Scorpion (Latin) | A flagrum with metal hooks in the point of the tails for tearing the flesh. Is the instrument referred to by Roboam (1 Kings 12, verse 11) "my father hath chastised you with whips (flagellum), but I will chastise you with scorpions". |
| Scudiscio (Italian) |  (From Latin scutica) Flexible and strong riding whip. Also a generic term for whip.
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| Sculacciatore (Italian) | (lit. spanker) In BDSM, paddle. |
| Scourge (English)
| A whip used to inflict punishment. It is especially used for a multi-tailed whip
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| Scutica (Latin) | A whip made of cords of twisted parchment. See article. |
| Sennet whip (English) | Bimmy |
| Seqollo (Quechua) | A whip, that can be ended in pita thorns |
| Seq'ona (Quechua) | (Bolivia) Whip |
| Seq'oña (aymara) | (Bolivia) Whip |
| Sgiùrs (Scottish) | Scourge, whip |
| Sgiúrsaim (Irish) | Scourge, whip |
| Shebet (Hebrew) | Rod, staff, branch, offshoot, club. This is the word translated as "rod" in the biblical passages used for support of children punishment. But it means a heavy rod,a staff. The Hebrew word for a switch or punishment rod could be choter. |
| Shinai (Japanese) |
Shinai A practice sword used in martial arts, made of four bamboo slats held
together by pieces of leather. Used in Japan for school trashings.
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| Shoehorn (English) | See calzador |
| Shpitsruteny (Russian) Шпицру́тены | Long and flexible rods used for punishments in Russia. In the army they were used soaked in salty water. They were used for the Russian equivlaent of "runing the gauntlet" |
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