Sentence:  My father was very angry with me— -he took and <WSD>leathered</WSD> ( beat) me, because I ran away from my school ; for I did run away from my school ; he took and tied me up on a Sunday morning, <WSD>leathered</WSD> me a Friday night, and Saturday night : I was stripped naked when he <WSD>leathered</WSD> me on Friday night, and Saturday; my father told me to strip myself, and he <WSD>leathered</WSD> me, it was with a whip; but I do not know where he got the whip; he tied me with my arms extended so -- (spreading out her arms to their extremity, as if they were to be nailed upon a cross) -- My legs were tied too -- I was at the bottom of the dresser. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To beat with a leather belt or strap.