cudgel

  • 111Kibel — This name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century cybbel meaning a cudgel and was originally given as an occupational name to a maker or seller of cudgels, or perhaps as a nickname to one stout and heavy as a cudgel. The surname is first… …

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  • 112Pregal — This name, with variant forms Pregel and Prugel is of German origin, and is believed to be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cudgels from the old German prugel , a cudgel. The surname first appears on record in Germany in the early… …

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  • 113Pregel — This name, with variant forms Pregel and Prugel is of German origin, and is believed to be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cudgels from the old German prugel , a cudgel. The surname first appears on record in Germany in the early… …

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  • 114Prugel — This name, with variant forms Pregel and Prugel is of German origin, and is believed to be a metonymic occupational name for a maker of cudgels from the old German prugel , a cudgel. The surname first appears on record in Germany in the early… …

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  • 115arms — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Weapons Nouns 1. arms, weapon[s], weaponry, firearms, armament, engine of war, materiel; hardware; panoply, stand of arms, military establishment; armory, arsenal (See store); armor (See defense). See… …

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  • 116bat — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cudgel, club, stick, nightstick; brickbat. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A club, especially one used in sports] Syn. ball bat, baseball bat, cricket bat, stick, club, racket, pole, mallet. 2. [*A… …

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  • 117blackjack — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. cudgel, cosh. See arms. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. bat, stick, cudgel; see club 3 . III (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To compel by pressure or threats: coerce, dragoon, force. Informal: hijack, strong arm …

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  • 118think — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. See thought. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To examine with the mind] Syn. cogitate, reason, deliberate, ideate, muse, ponder, consider, contemplate, deliberate, stop to consider, study, reflect, imagine,… …

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  • 119truncheon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. baton, staff, club. See authority. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. cudgel, bludgeon, war club, nightstick; see club 3 , stick , weapon 1 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. baton, billy club, cudgel, stick,… …

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  • 120Impulse — I (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Impulse >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 impulse impulse impulsion impetus Sgm: N 1 momentum momentum Sgm: N 1 push push pulsion thrust shove jog jolt …

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