Scourge
Scourge , noun
[French escourgée, from Latin excoriata (sc. scutica) a stripped off (lash or whip), from excoriare to strip, to skin. See Excoriate.]
1.
A lash; a strap or cord; especially, a lash used to inflict pain or punishment; an instrument of punishment or discipline; a whip.
Up to coach then goes
The observed maid, takes both the scourge and reins.
2.
Hence, a means of inflicting punishment, vengeance, or suffering; an infliction of affliction; a punishment.
Sharp scourges of adversity.
What scourge for perjury
Can this dark monarchy afford false Clarence?
Scourge , transitive verb
[From Scourge, n.: compare Old French escorgier.]
1.
To whip severely; to lash.
Is it lawful for you to scourge a... Roman?
2.
To punish with severity; to chastise; to afflict, as for sins or faults, and with the purpose of correction.
Whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
3.
To harass or afflict severely.
To scourge and impoverish the people.