† cesten.
Obsolete.
= cestus n.2
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > blunt weapons other than sticks > [noun] > cestus or knuckle-duster
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [noun] > ancient cestus
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1616 B. Holyday tr. Persius Sat. 321 They did array their arms and hands with the cestes, which were made of the hide of the buffle..fill'd with lead within.
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- counterion
- counterions
- counterirritant
- counterirritants
- counterirritate
- counterirritation
- counterirritations
- counterjesus
- counterjetting
- counterjudge
- counterjumper
- counterjumping
- counterkaiser
- counterkeeper
- counterlath
- counterlathing
- counterlatration
- counterlaw
- counterleague
- counterlegislation
- counterletter
- counterlever
- counterlibration
- counterlife
- counterlight