Word of the Day 7.13.08
cudg·el (k
j
l)
n.
A short heavy stick; a club.
tr.v. cudg·eled or cudg·elled, cudg·el·ing or cudg·el·ling, cudg·els
To beat or strike with or as if with a cudgel.
[Middle English cuggel, from Old English cycgel.]
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