transcription, транскрипция: [ skə:dʒ ]
n. & v. --n. 1 a whip used for punishment, esp. of people. 2 a person or thing seen as punishing, esp. on a large scale (the scourge of famine; Genghis Khan, the scourge of Asia). --v.tr. 1 whip. 2 punish; afflict; oppress. øøscourger n. [ME f. OF escorge (n.), escorgier (v.) (ult. as EX-(1), L corrigia thong, whip)]