Noah Webster
Whirl-bat
WHIRL-BAT, noun [whirl and bat.] Any thing moved with a whirl as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it. Poets use it for the ancient cestus.
The whirl-bat and the rapid race shall be reservd for Cesar.
WHIRL-BAT, noun [whirl and bat.] Any thing moved with a whirl as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it. Poets use it for the ancient cestus.
The whirl-bat and the rapid race shall be reservd for Cesar.