Thesaurus: whirlbat
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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- 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.
- 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. The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Cæsar. Dryden.
- Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or toaugment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of ancientboxers.The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Cæsar. Dryden.