v. slang and dial. Also 9 lambust. [? f. LAM v. + BASTE v.] trans. To beat, thrash. Hence Lambasting vbl. sb.
1637. I. Jones & Davenant, Brit. Tri., 18. Stand off a while and see how Ile lambaste him.
1678. J. Phillips, trans. Tavernier’s Trav., I. viii. 52. Otherwise they would be fin’d, and lambasted with a good Cudgel.
1694. Motteux, Rabelais, IV. xii. 48. If they were long without a tight Lambasting.
1837. Haliburton, Clockm., I. xxiii. I am six foot six in my stockin feet, by gum, and can lambaste any two of you in no time.
1867. Smyth, Sailor’s Word-bk., Lambusting, a starting with a rope’s end.
1877. N. W. Linc. Gloss., Lambaste, to beat.
