Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
/ˈpjuːd͡ʒɪl/ · noun
(obsolete, also figurative) 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 vinegar
Cinnamon, an ounce and a half; Rosemary flowers, six pugils […]
Note, That by Parts is to be understood a Pugil; which is no more than one does usually take up between the Thumb and the two next Fingers.
This kind of success was all luck, and if a man had only a given amount for his own share, it was a shame to fritter away so much as a pugil.
Use pugil when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Pugil means (obsolete, also figurative) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Take violets , and infuse a good pugil of them in a quart of vinegar
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.