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Webster 1913 Edition

Singlestick

Sin′gle-stickˊ

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Noun.

(a)

In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword.

(b)

The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary’s head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling.