WHIRLBAT

whirlbat. Whirlbat, n. a thing whirled round for a blow

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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. The whirlbat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Cæsar. Dryden.