beat+with+a+cudgel

  • 101hammer — 1. noun a hammer and chisel Syn: mallet, beetle, gavel, sledgehammer, jackhammer 2. verb 1) the alloy is hammered into a circular shape Syn: beat, forge, shape, form, mold, fashion, make …

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  • 102bat — as in ‘cricket bat’ [OE] and bat the animal [16] come from entirely different sources. Bat the wooden implement first appears in late Old English as batt ‘cudgel’, but it is not clear where it ultimately came from. Some have postulated a Celtic… …

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  • 103club — I noun 1) a canoeing club Syn: society, association, organization, institution, group, circle, band, body, ring, crew; alliance, league, union 2) the city has great clubs Syn …

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  • 104club — I noun 1) a canoeing club Syn: society, association, group, circle, league, guild, union 2) the city has great clubs Syn: nightclub, bar; informal disco 3) …

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  • 105club — [n1] bat, stick baton, billy*, blackjack, bludgeon, business*, conk buster*, convincer*, cosh, cudgel, hammer, hickory, mace, mallet, nightstick, persuader*, quarterstaff, rosewood, sap, shill, shillelagh, staff, swatter, truncheon, works*;… …

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  • 106bat — as in ‘cricket bat’ [OE] and bat the animal [16] come from entirely different sources. Bat the wooden implement first appears in late Old English as batt ‘cudgel’, but it is not clear where it ultimately came from. Some have postulated a Celtic… …

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  • 107fus´ti|ga´tor — fus|ti|gate «FUHS tuh gayt», transitive verb, gat|ed, gat|ing. to cudgel; beat (now only in humorously pedantic use). ╂[< Late Latin fūstīgāre (with English ate1) cudgel (to death) < Latin fūstis stick, staff] – …

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  • 108fus´ti|ga´tion — fus|ti|gate «FUHS tuh gayt», transitive verb, gat|ed, gat|ing. to cudgel; beat (now only in humorously pedantic use). ╂[< Late Latin fūstīgāre (with English ate1) cudgel (to death) < Latin fūstis stick, staff] – …

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  • 109fus|ti|gate — «FUHS tuh gayt», transitive verb, gat|ed, gat|ing. to cudgel; beat (now only in humorously pedantic use). ╂[< Late Latin fūstīgāre (with English ate1) cudgel (to death) < Latin fūstis stick, staff] – …

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  • 110Military history of the Russian Empire — Armies of Russia Kievan Rus Druzhina (862–1400s) Voyi …

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