Meaning of pugil | Babel Free

Definitions

As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.

also, figuratively, obsolete

Examples

“Take violets , and infuse a good pugil of them in a quart of vinegar”

“Cinnamon, an ounce and a half; Rosemary flowers, six pugils […]”

“Note, That by Parts is to be understood a Pugil; which is no more than one does usually take up between the Thumb and the two next Fingers.”

“This kind of success was all luck, and if a man had only a given amount for his own share, it was a shame to fritter away so much as a pugil.”

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