whirlbat

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whirlbat - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Whirlbat \Whirl"bat`\, n.
     Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to
     augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of
     ancient boxers.
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           The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be
           Reserved for Caesar.                     --Dryden.
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