(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 2:21:22

Pu"gil (?), n. [L. pugillus, pugillum, a handful, akin to pugnus the fist.]

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

[Obs.]

Bacon.

 

© Webster 1913.

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