polishing (a piece of writing); improvement; revision; refinement
to strike; to hit; to attack; to bash; to sound out (someone's views); to pound (meat or fish); to chop into small pieces
finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing; robbery
polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes
a hundred lashes; a hundred strokes