Pugil

Quick meaning: Pugil is a noun meaning (obsolete, also figurative) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.

Meaning

(obsolete, also figurative) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.

Example Sentences

Cinnamon, an ounce and a half; Rosemary flowers, six pugils […]

Take violets , and infuse a good pugil of them in a quart of vinegar

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.

Word Forms

• pugils

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pinch, pinchgut, pinchforce, grip, punchin, handful.

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