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tails
imisila

flogging itself was carried out by the bosuns mate with a cat of nine tails.
nkqu ukubetha ngokwako kwakusenziwa ngamaqabane ebhosans ngekati enemisila elithoba.

and they had tails like unto scorpions, and there were stings in their tails: and their power was to hurt men five months.
zinemisila efana neyoonomadudwane, kukho nezamvila emisileni yazo; igunya lazo lilelokona abantu iinyanga ezintlanu.

the cat itself was heavier than the version used in the army, made of a rope handle about two feet long and an inch in diameter to which the nine tails of line were attached.
ikati yayinzima kakhulu kunaleyo yayisetyenziswa emkhosini, yayisenziwa ngentsontela ebanjelwa malunga neenyayo ezimbini kwaye ityebe kangange-intshi apho imisila elithoba yayiqhotyoshelwa khona.

and samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.
waya usamson wabamba amakhulu omathathu eempungutye, wathabatha izikhuni ezivuthayo, waziqhagamshela ngemisila, wafaka isikhuni sasinye phakathi kwayo.

the force of the blows can be shown by the fact that a standard cat of nine tails was easily capable, when wielded by an average man, of braking a one inch by one inch length of knot free pine in half.
amandla emifumba eyenokubonakala ngomgangatho wekati enemisila elithoba, xa wenziwe ngamadoda aqinileyo noko, ngokuthi xa ebetha imana ukuqhawuka kancinci kancinci.

"fragrant lanky long-tail" / tairlanga
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