单词 | pugil |
释义 | pugiln.1 Now rare (archaic and historical). A small handful, or a large pinch, of something.From the 17th cent. technically defined as in quot. 1657. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills part of body > hand > finger and thumb pugil1576 pinch1583 fingerful1604 1576 G. Baker tr. C. Gesner Newe Jewell of Health iv. f. 237v Gaue a certaine Phisition..of this salt, one lytle handfull or Pugill [L. salis huius pugillum vnum]. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §17 Take Violets, and infuse a good Pugill of them in a Quart of Vineger. 1657 Physical Dict. Pugil, as much in quantity as may be taken up between the three fore fingers and the thumb. 1671 J. Sharp Midwives Bk. vi. iii. 338 Take..Flowers of sowr Pomegranates two Pugils, boil all in Vinegar and red wine. 1729 Enquiry Causes Epid. Dis. 42 Take of Roman Wormwood two Pugils (a Pugil is what two Fingers and a Thumb hold). 1761 J. Wesley Primitive Physick (ed. 9) 63 Add two Pugils of dry'd Elder Flowers. 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table iv. 86 The old gentleman..opened it [sc. a snuff-box] and felt for the wonted pugil. 1989 P. O'Brian Thirteen-gun Salute ix. 275 It was a shame to fritter away so much as a pugil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pugiln.2 Obsolete. A person who fights with the fists; a boxer, pugilist. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > boxer buffeter1483 pugil1646 cuffer1662 boxer1672 pugilistc1740 setter-to1810 miller1812 sparrer1814 pet1825 pugilistic1827 slogger1829 fist-mate1834 peeler1852 pug1858 scrapper1874 slugger1877 slogster1881 basher1882 fisticuffer1888 ring man1899 ringster1902 pucker1919 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iv. xi. 207 That which expresseth pugills, that is, men fit for combat and the exercise of the fist. View more context for this quotation a1670 J. Hacket Scrinia Reserata (1693) i. §44 37 He was no little one, but Saginati corporis bellua, as Curtius says of Dioxippus the Pugil. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). pugiln.3 U.S. Military. In full pugil stick. A staff or pole with padded ends, used as a substitute for a rifle and bayonet in military training. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > club or stick > [noun] > pole or staff > used in military training pugil stick1954 1954 Great Bend (Kansas) Daily Tribune 16 Apr. 7/3 The method was tested with the ‘pugil stick’, a staff as long as a rifle with a bayonet fixed and heavily padded on both ends. 1962 Infantry Nov.–Dec. 26/3 The students engage in pugil bouts, applying all the movements taught in earlier periods with the rifle. 1964 A. N. Hardin Amer. Bayonet 1776–1964 188 Modern U.S. Marine Corps practice virtually eliminates fencing bayonets by substituting the ‘Pugil Stick’ technique. 1967 Britannica Bk. of Year 1966 804/1 Pugil or Pugil stick, a padded club with large rounded ends used in bayonet practice by the military as a substitute for rifle with fixed bayonet. 1976 Billings (Montana) Gaz. 28 June 4– b/1 The first of three sergeants..was accused of violating orders in the conduct of the..pugil stick bouts in which the recruit was pounded into a coma. 1990 D. Peterson Dress Gray ii. 46 The pugil sticks were used to prepare officers to fight with bayonets and rifle butts when bullets were strategically or logistically not the best alternative. 2003 D. Lipsky Absolutely Amer. iii. 182 The cadets won't actually train with rifles and bayonets; instead, they'll spar with pugil sticks—long, Star Wars -looking staffs with padded ends. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.11576n.21646n.31954 |
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