Obs. Also 6 tonsion. [n. of action on L. type *tunsio, from tundĕre to beat.] The action, or an act, of beating or striking.
c. 1440. Alphabet of Tales, 390. Þan þe monkis with all þer hertis prayed for hym, & did of þer clothis & bete þer selfe for hym, & made tunsions on þer breste.
1526. Pilgr. Perf. (W. de W., 1531), 60 b. But if thou fynde the gylty, gyue a tonsion on thy brest.
1532. More, Confut. Tindale, Wks. 350/1. He diuers times repeted those wordes with tunsions and knockinges vppon his brest.
