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shuttlecock

shuttlecock is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A cork stuck with feathers, which is to be struck by a battledoor in play; also, the play itself.
  2. 2.To send or toss to and fro; to bandy; as, to shuttlecock words. Thackeray.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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