An unlawful attack upon the person of another. (In Law a menacing word or action is sufficient to constitute an assault, the term battery being…

The action of beating or battering. An assailing with blows: spec. in Law, an unlawful attack upon another by beating or wounding, including…

An assault. Obsolete.

an act of tussling, an assault (obsolete).

A vigorous or disorderly conflict; a severe struggle, a hard contest; a scuffle. in physical sense; †in quot. 1629, an assault (obsolete).

(in English Law and some legal systems derived from this) an intentional or reckless act that physically harms (or threatens to physically harm) a…