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pugils

pugils is the plural of pugil.

Meaning of pugil

Noun

pugil (plural pugils)

  1. (also, figuratively, obsolete) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.
    • Take violets , and infuse a good pugil of them in a quart of vinegar1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “I. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Questions about pugils

What is pugils the plural of?
Pugils is the plural of pugil.

Words near pugils in the dictionary

  1. pugilistics
  2. pugilists
  3. pugillare
  4. pugillares
  5. pugillaris
  6. pugils
  7. Pugin
  8. Puginesque
  9. Pugins
  10. pugio
  11. pugioniform

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