Lash

1. n. In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
2. n. The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
3. n. A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
4. n. A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes.
5. n. A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
6. n. A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.