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单词 wind-ball
释义 wind-ball|ˈwɪndbɔːl|
[f. wind n.1 + ball n.1]
An inflated ball; a game played with such a ball by striking it with the fist.
1578H. Wotton Courtlie Controv. 264 Diuers sortes of pastimes, as the Windball, the barre, fencing [Cf. Yver (1599) 156 b, comme de Pallemaille, de barre, d'escrime].1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 296/1 Follis,..a wind ball beaten with the fists to and fro in play.1601W. Percy Cuckqueanes & Cuckolds Errants v. iv. (Roxb.) 70 Els will wee make this thy Hed a wind Ball, to our fistes, straite.
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