v. Obs. exc. dial. Also 9 dial. linch, linse. [Of obscure origin: the Eng. Dial. Dict. cites (s.v. Linch) from Moisy a mod. Norman lincher to whip.] trans. To beat, thrash.
1600. Holland, Livy, LVII. Florus’ Brev. 1242. Met he with a soldior out of his ranke and file? If he were a Roman, up he went and was well lindged & swaddled with vine-wands by the centurion. Ibid. (1606), Sueton., Annot. 27. As if he had beene well lindged with lether thongs.
1824. Mactaggart, Gallovid. Encycl., 319. Linged, lashed, beaten, &c.
1825–80. Jamieson, Linge, Lynge, to flog, beat.
1847. Halliwell, Linse, to beat severely. Devon.
1858. N. & Q., 2nd Ser. VI. 278/2. The … magistrate … exclaimed, ‘Give me a stick, and I’ll linge him myself!’
1868. Atkinson, Cleveland Gloss., Linch, to flog or thrash, to beat with a whip or flexible cane.
