bace

Meaning

Noun

• A blow; a drubbing.

Origin

• From dialectal English (compare Old Scots bais, base), probably of North Germanic origin, related to Swedish bas ("a beating, flogging"), Swedish basa ("to beat, flog"), Danish bask ("a lash, blow"), Danish baske ("to beat, strike, flap"). Cognate with Scots baiss ("to beat, drub"). More at bash, box.