Foot whipping Foot whipping Foot whipping or bastinado is a method of corporal punishment which consists of hitting the soles of a person's bare feet. Unlike most types of flogging, this punishment was meant to be more painful than it was to cause actual injury to the victim. Blows were generally delivered with a light rod, knotted cord, or lash. The receiving person is required to be barefoot. The uncovered soles of the feet need to be placed in an exposed position. The beating is typically performed with an object in the type of a cane or switch. The strokes are usually
Feet of clay feet of clay.</poem> Feet of clay Feet of clay is an expression now commonly used to refer to a weakness or character flaw, especially in people of prominence. The phrase derives from the interpretation of the dream of Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, by the prophet Daniel as recounted in the Book of Daniel: A well known instance of this phrase is in Byron's poem, "Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte": <poem> Thanks for that lesson—it will teach Than high Philosophy can preach, That spell upon the minds of men Breaks never to unite again, Those Pagod things of sabre sway, With fronts