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Definition of Pommeling
1. pommel [v] - See also: pommel
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pommeling
Literary usage of Pommeling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"pommeling, &c. ». c. To pommel ; to «fí^T/. The second day of the waxing or waning
moon. íi^T n. ... A general or a lively and smart thumping or pommeling. ..."
2. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War by Stephen Crane (1900)
"The man was, blubbering and staring with sheeplike eyes at the lieutenant, who
had seized him by the collar and was pommeling him. ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1900)
"... climbing, fierce sham fights (no anger ever) , with biting, clawing and
pommeling, running over the mother and biting her ears, digging in corners, ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1884)
"But when he saw that the other had dropped his weapon, he would not wound him
with his sword, but contented himself with pommeling him with the flat of the ..."
5. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1907)
"... teacher jumps astride of the offender riding and pommeling him It is said that
a backslider so convicted may be sent back "on th< knee. ..."
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