·	A cane is a long, straight wooden stick, generally of bamboo, Malacca or some similar plant, mainly used as a support, such as a walking stick or as an instrument of punishment. Depending on the use it is left in its natural state or improved -  smoothened, varnished.

·	A crop, sometimes called a riding crop or hunting crop, is a rather short type of whip without a crack, used in horseback riding, hence also known as a horsewhip.

·	A slapper is a type of punitive instrument, consisting of two leather straps sewn together except at the end, so that on impact the lower tip hits the victim, and the second tip makes a slappin' sound when hitting the former.

·	A spanking paddle is a usually wooden instrument with a long, flat face and narrow neck, so called because it is roughly shaped, but existing in more varied sizes and dimensions, used to administer a spanking to the buttocks; it would be too hard and heavy to use safely on the back.

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A tawse - the plural of Scots taw, a thong of a whip - is a typically Scottish implement for physical punishment, called tawsing after it, that was often used for educational discipline instead of the English cane, which, like the horse crop, was however used in private schools, usually on bare bottoms or the hands.

·	A whip is a tapered flexible length of either a single cord or plaited leather or other material, commonly with a stiff handle.

·	over the knees or across the lap

·	stooped over a chair or couch

·	on hands and knees on a bed or floor

·	kneeling on a bed or ottoman, stooped over with hands on the floor

·	diaper position with genital exposure to enhance humiliation

·	bent under the arm of the spanker

·	lying face down on a bed

·	birching block

·	wooden horse