FLOG, L. figo, to strike, that is, to lay on L. flagrum, flagellum, Eng. flail Gr. L. plaga, a stroke, Eng. plague, slay.

To beat or strike with a rod or whip to whip to lash to chastise with repeated blows a colloquial word, applied to whipping or beating for punishment as, to flog a schoolboy or a sailor.