Whirl'-băt, n.
n. Any thing moved with a whirl as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; — applied by poets to the ancient cestus. The whirl-bat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Cesar. Dryden.
n. Any thing moved with a whirl as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it; — applied by poets to the ancient cestus. The whirl-bat and the rapid race shall be Reserved for Cesar. Dryden.