pommel
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Is pommel a Scrabble word?
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Definition
noun (English)
1. (sports, obsolete) The bat used in the game of knurr and spell or trap ball.Examples: "The player, armed with a pommel, stands from two to three feet from the spell, places a knur in the cup which is held down by the rack."; "The commonest method of playing the game, by the smaller boys of the village, was with a "sendstick," or pommel, and a wooden spell with a hole in one end to place the knur, which, when struck "tip-cat" like at the other end, threw the knur up to be struck at."; "Next, the spring of the spell, at the end of which is a small brass cup to hold the knur, is adjusted by thumbscrews, so that when released by a touch of the pommel on the trigger, it will toss the knur a distance of six feet forward."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To pound or beat.Examples: "The scaling him with chairs for ladders to dive into his pockets, despoil him of brown-paper parcels, hold on tight by his cravat, hug him round his neck, pommel his back, and kick his legs in irrepressible affection!"; "I will not say as schoolboys do to bullies—Take some one of your own size; don’t pommel me! No, ye’ve knocked me down, and I am up again; but ye have run and hidden."; "I began to fight him, pommeling him with my fists, screaming at him, all the while he was yelling, “Dani, it's me, Dani, it's your brother. It's Yoram.”"transitive
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