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whirlbat
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Whirlbat \Whirl"bat`\, n.
Anything moved with a whirl, as preparatory for a blow, or to
augment the force of it; -- applied by poets to the cestus of
ancient boxers.
[1913 Webster]
The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be
Reserved for Caesar. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
