A pedagogue in Indiana, who was "had up" for unmercifully Waling the back of a little girl, justified his action by explaining that "she persisted in flinging paper pellets at him when his back was turned."
"The Fiend's Delight"
Dod Grile
It was not so much that we found the work beyond our strength-although in that respect we were often glad enough to have a little additional help-but it was often necessary to have a plank or a Waling, or some such matter, held firmly in position at half a dozen points or more at the same moment, while I fixed it; and it was on such occasions that I welcomed the assistance of the natives.
"The Strange Adventures of Eric Blackburn"
Harry Collingwood