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pommel

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pommel  \Pom"mel\,  n.  [OE.  pomel,  OF  pomel,  F.  pommeau  LL 
  pomellus  fr  L.  pomum  fruit,  LL  also  an  apple.  See 
  {Pome}.] 
  A  knob  or  ball;  an  object  resembling  a  ball  in  form  as: 
  a  The  knob  on  the  hilt  of  a  sword.  --Macaulay. 
  b  The  knob  or  protuberant  part  of  a  saddlebow. 
  c  The  top  (of  the  head).  --Chaucer. 
  d  A  knob  forming  the  finial  of  a  turret  or  pavilion. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pommel  \Pom"mel\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Pommeled}or  {Pommelled}; 
  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Pommeling}  or  {Pommelling}.] 
  To  beat  soundly,  as  with  the  pommel  of  a  sword,  or  with 
  something  knoblike  hence  to  beat  with  the  fists.  [Written 
  also  {pummel}.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pommel 
  n  1:  raised  front  part  of  a  saddle  [syn:  {saddlebow}] 
  2:  an  ornament  in  the  shape  of  a  ball  on  the  hilt  of  a  sword  or 
  dagger  [syn:  {knob}] 
  v  :  strike  with  the  fist  [syn:  {pummel},  {biff}]




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