truncheon

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truncheon

nuija, pamppu.

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truncheon englanniksi

1. puhekieltä A fragment or piece broken off from something, especially a broken-off piece of a spear or lance.

2. (RQ:Mlry MrtArthr), Bk.VII:

Helpe me that thys truncheoune were oute of my syde, for hit stykith so sore that hit nyghe sleyth me.

3. 1596, (w), The Faerie Queene, IV.3:

Therewith asunder in the midst it brast, / And in his hand nought but the troncheon left(nb..).

4. puhekieltä The shaft of a spear.

5. A short staff, a club; a cudgel.

6. (w) (c.1552–1599)

With his truncheon he so rudely struck.

7. 1786, Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, p.52:

One is a large ball of iron, fastened with three chains to a strong truncheon or staff of about two feet long; the other is of mixed metal, in the form of a channelled melon, fastened also to a staff by a triple chain; these balls weigh eight pounds.

8. A baton, or military staff of command, now especially the stick carried by a police officer.

9. 1604, William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure, Act II, Scene II, l.60:

Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword / The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe / Become them with one half so good a grace / As mercy does.

10. puhekieltä A stout stem, as of a tree, with the branches lopped off, to produce rapid growth.

(rfquotek)

11. puhekieltä A penis.

12. puhekieltä To strike with a truncheon.

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