verb. (old).—1.  To flog: spec. on the BUM (q.v.).

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  1571.  EDWARDS, Damon and Pithias [DODSLEY, Old Plays (REED), i. 209]. I shall BUMBASTE you, you mocking knave.

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  1610.  ROWLANDS, Martin Mark-all, 40 [Hunterian Club’s Reprint, 1874]. The muggill will tip you fat scraps and glorious bits, the Beadle will well BUMBAST you.

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  c. 1696.  B. E., A New Dictionary of the Canting Crew, s.v. BUMBASTE, to Beat much, or hard, on the Breech.

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  2.  (venery).—To copulate: see GREENS and RIDE.

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