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A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.

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  1. n. A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
  2. n. a long stout staff used as a weapon
  3. A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
  4. A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense andoffense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was placed inthe middle, and the other between the middle and the end.
  5. n:100 n. a long stout staff used as a weapon