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Webster 1913 Edition
Pommel
Pom′mel
,Noun.
A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form
; as: (a)
The knob on the hilt of a sword.
Macaulay.
(b)
The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
(c)
The top (of the head).
Chaucer.
(d)
A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
Pom′mel
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Pommeled
or Pommelled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Pommeling
or Pommelling
.] To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.
[Written also
pummel
.]