Cudgel: alternatives and connections

To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as…

A tool or instrument of steel, or of iron with a steel edge or blade, for felling trees, chopping and splitting wood, hewing timber, e…

In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used. Also called singlestic…

A vertical line across the staff. Bars divide the staff into spaces which represent measures, and are themselves called measures.

A short bat for beating clothes in washing them; -- called also batler, batling staff, batting staff.

A weapon of infantry, in the 14th and 15th centuries. A common form of bill consisted of a broad, heavy, double-edged, hook-shaped bla…

A short stick, with one end loaded, or thicker and heavier that the other, used as an offensive weapon.

A very singular missile weapon used by the natives of Australia and in some parts of India. It is usually a curved stick of hard wood,…

The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive woo…

A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.

A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.

A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral staff.

A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an…

A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer…

An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stout…

To play wild pranks; to play tricks of levity, mirth, and gayety; to indulge in frolicsome play; to sport.

A weapon with a scythe-shaped blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.

Heaved or lifted with labor; not light; weighty; ponderous; as, a heavy stone; hence, sometimes, large in extent, quantity, or effects…