† pugilaradj.
Obsolete. rare.
Pugilistic (figurative in quot.).
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1656 R. Sanderson 20 Serm. 83 So doth S. Pauls ὑποπιάζω, 1 Cor. 9. which is an athletique pugilar word: as those that beat one another with their fists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adj.1656- to shootthrough and through
- to shop around
- to shop till one drops
- to shop until one drops
- to shoreward
- to short a person by the head or knees
- to short a person of
- to short by the head or knees
- to short of
- to shorten a person's life
- to shorten by the head
- to shorten in
- to shorten in, back
- to shorten life
- to shorten one's stride
- to shorten sail(s
- to shorten stride
- to shorten the arm or hand of
- to shorten up
- to shotgun one's way
- to shoulder arms
- to shoulder it
- to shoulder one's or a rifle
- to shoulder one's way
- to shoulder walnut