Pom"mel (?), n. [OE. pomel, OF. pomel, F. pommeau, LL. pomellus, fr. L. pomum fruit, LL. also, an apple. See Pome.]
A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form
; as: (a)
The knob on the hilt of a sword
.
Macaulay. (b)
The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow
. (c)
The top (of the head)
.
Chaucer. (d)
A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
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Pom"mel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pommeled (?) or Pommelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pommeling or Pommelling.]
To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.
[Written also
pummel.]
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