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  1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. a long stout staff used as a weapon Source: wordnet
  3. 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. Source: webster
  4. 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. Source: adambom
  5. 5. n:100 n. a long stout staff used as a weapon Source: ecdict

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