10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHIRLBAT»
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
WHIRLBAT. n. /. [whirl and bat.) Any thing moved rapidly round to givi.' a blow. It it
frequently used by the poets for the ancient ces- tus. — At whirlbat he had slain
many, and was now himself slain by Pollux. VEstrange. — The whirlbat' s falling ...
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
To turn round J rapidly ; move hastily : >a whirlbat is any thing thus moved :
whirligig, Whirl'igig, Whirl'pit, Whiri-'pool, Whirlwind, Whir'rino, adj. J a toy of this
kind : whirlpit and whirlpool, a vortex : whirlwind, a stormy wind moving circularly
...
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The Works of John Dryden: Poetical works
All Greece shall flock from far, my games to see; The whirlbat,* and the rapid race
, shall be 30 Reserved for Caesar, and ordained by me. Myself, with olive
crowned, the gifts will bear. Even now methinks the public shouts I hear ; The
passing ...
John Dryden, George Saintsbury, Sir Walter Scott, 1889
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Vollständiges englisch-deutsches und deutsch-englisches ...
&ainprl)abn ; — folDtit, »i. club for lighting; whirlbat; — fepf, m. disputer; — Traitc ,
pi. active forces; — funbig, adj. skilled in fight; — f unit , /. art of disputing, art of
debating; -(lift, /. disputing or quarrelsome disposition; — liiftin, adj. disposed, ...
Johann Gottfried Flügel, Napoleon N W. Meissner, 1856
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The London encyclopaedia: or, Universal dictionary of ...
To turn round rapidly ; move hastily : >a whirlbat is any thing thus moved :
whirligig, a toy of this kind : j whirlpit and whirlpool, a vortex : whirlwind, a stormy
wind moving circularly : whirring, whirling. In the fathomless profound Down sunk
they, ...
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Pictures of Poetry: Historical, Biographical, and Critical
Of all the" games, by stern Pelides giv'n, Hjs dear Patroclus' obsequies to grace ;
Contending cars, by panting heroes driv'n, 245 The disk, the whirlbat, and the
rapid race -f . And of the bed where Mars with Venus lay, Detain'd in jealous ...
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Encyclopaedia Londinensis, or, Universal dictionary of arts, ...
HURL'BAT,/ Whirlbat. Ainfworth. HURL/ER,/ [from hurl.] One that plays at hurling.
— The hurlers mult hurl man to man, and not two set upon one man at once.
Carter. HUR'LEY, a township of the American States, in Ulster county, New York,
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The Works of John Dryden: Poems 1697
Also whirlbat, and used by May and Ogilby to render Virgil's crudo . . . cestu in v.
20, the rawhide gloves weighted with lead which boxers used. OED notes that
whirlbat was a common sixteenth- and seventeenth-century equivalent for
ccestus, ...
John Dryden, William Frost, Vinton A. Dearing, 1988
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The new encyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary ofarts and ...
The Hood away, the struggling squadron sweeps, And men and arms, and
horses whirling bears. Smith. 1. To move hastily. — She whirl'd away, to shun his
hateful sight. Dryden. * WHIRLBAT. n. f. [whirl and bat.] Anything moved rapidly
round ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1807
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Saints and Their Attributes: With a Guide to Localities and ...
Archbishop with a wheel. Archbishop of Mainz. Patron of carters and
wheelwrights. Venerated Hildesheim and Schoeningen. WHIRLBAT FIDELIS OF
SIGMARINGEN. See HERETICS. Old Capuchin with whirlbat. VITALIS OF MILAN
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