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CIDE DICTIONARY

whirlbat

CIDE DICTIONARY

whirlbatn. 
     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.  [1913 Webster]
    "The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be
    Reserved for Cæsar.
    "  [1913 Webster]

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