What is to fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray called?
bruise — To fight with the fists; to box. Bruising was considered a fine, manly, old English custom. Thackeray. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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