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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Pommel

Pōm'mel, n.

noun

(pŭm'-), n. [O. Fr. pommel, N. Fr. pommeau, L. Lat. pomellus, pomelus, from Lat. pomum, an apple, or a similar fruit. Cf. It. pomo della spada, the pommel of a hilt; Sp. also pomo.] A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as, (a.) The knob on the hilt of a sword. (b.) The protuberant part of a saddle-bow. (c.) The round knob on the frame of a chair, &c.

Pŏm'mel, v. t.

verbtransitive

[imp. & p. p. POMMELED, or POMMELLED; p. pr. & vb. n. POMMELING, or POMMELLING.] [See supra.] To beat, as with a pommel; that is, with something thick or bulky; to bruise by beating.