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1 caedō
caedō cecīdī, caesus, ere [2 SAC-, SEC-], to cut, hew, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: arbores: robur, O.: silvas, Cs.: murus latius quam caederetur ruebat, L.: lapis caedendus: securibus vina (frozen), V.: comam (vitis), Tb.: caesis montis fodisse medullis, Ct. — Prov.: ut vineta egomet caedam mea, i. e. attack my own interests, H. — To strike upon, knock at, beat, strike, cudgel: ianuam saxis: verberibus te, T.: virgis ad necem caedi: flagellis Ad mortem caesus, H.: nudatos virgis, L.: servum sub furcā, L.: caesae pectora palmis, i. e. beating, O.: in iudicio testibus caeditur, i. e. is pressed.—Of men, to strike mortally, kill, murder: illi dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus: caeso Argo, O.—Poet., of blood: caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam, shed, V. — Of battle, to slay, slaughter, cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy: exercitus caesus fususque: infra arcem caesi captique multi, L.: passim obvii caedebantur, Cu.: ingentem cecidit Antiochum, H.: placare ventos virgine caesā, V.—Of animals, to slaughter (esp. for sacrifice): greges armentorum: boves, O.: deorum mentis caesis hostiis placare: victimas, L.: binas bidentis, V.: Tempestatibus agnam, V. — Fig.: pignus caedere (in law), to declare the forfeiture of a security, confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda: dum sermones caedimus, chop words, chat, T.: Caedimur, cudgel one another (with compliments), H.* * *Icaedere, caecidi, caesus V TRANSchop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomizeIIcaedere, cecidi, caesus V TRANSchop, hew, cut out/down/to pieces; strike, smite, murder; slaughter; sodomize -
2 clāva
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3 dolō
dolō āvī, ātus, āre [DAL-], to chip with an axe, hew: robur: stipes falce dolatus, Pr.: robore dolatus. — To cudgel, belabor, drub: fuste, H. — Fig., to rough-hew, hack out: opus.* * *dolare, dolavi, dolatus V TRANShew/chop into shape, fashion/devise; inflict blows, batter/cudgel soundly, drub -
4 mulcō
mulcō āvī, ātus, āre [MARG-], to beat, cudgel, maltreat, handle roughly, injure: dominum ad mortem, T.: male mulcati clavis ac fustibus: quinqueremis ceteras (navīs) mulcasset, ni, etc., would have disabled, L.: scriptores male mulcati.* * *mulcare, mulcavi, mulcatus Vbeat up, thrash, cudgel; worst, treat roughly -
5 concīdō
concīdō cīdī, cīsus, ere [com- + caedo], to cut up, cut through, cut to pieces, ruin, destroy: nervos: navīs, L.: magnos scrobibus montīs, to break up mounds, V. — In battle, to cut to pieces, cut down, destroy, kill: multitudinem eorum, Cs.: ab insciis conciduntur, N.—To cut up, beat severely, cudgel soundly: virgis plebem: pugnis, Iu.: concisus plurimis volneribus.—Fig., of discourse, to divide minutely, make fragmentary: sententias. —To strike down, prostrate, ruin, destroy, annul: auctoritatem ordinis: Antonium decretis: Timocraten totis voluminibus, to confute.* * *Iconcidere, concidi, - V INTRANSfall down/faint/dead/victim/to earth/short, collapse; drop, subside; decline; perish, be slain/sacrificed; lose one's case, fail, give out/lose heart, decayIIconcidere, concidi, concisus V TRANScut/chop up/down/to pieces; crop; ruin, kill, destroy; divide minutely; beat -
6 dē-verberō
dē-verberō āvī, —, āre, to thrash, cudgel soundly: homines usque ad necem, T. -
7 fūstis
fūstis is, m [FEN-], a knobbed stick, cudgel, staff, club: recisos Portare fustīs, H.: non opus est verbis, sed fustibus: mulae caput fuste dolare, H.: fuste aperire caput, Iu.: alqm fusti necare, Ta.: formidine fustis redacti, H.* * *staff club; stick -
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9 caio
caiare, caiavi, caiatus V TRANSbeat, thrash, cudgel -
10 commento
commentare, commentavi, commentatus V TRANSdelineate, sketch; (humorously) demonstrate on face (cudgel/beat) -
11 dedolo
dedolare, dedolavi, dedolatus V TRANScut down; hew smooth/away/to shape; beat/cudgel badly; (of sexual intercourse) -
12 caecidi
caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].I.Lit.A.In gen.1.To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):b.frondem querneam caedito,
Cato, R. R. 5, 8:arbores,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:robur,
Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:lignum,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:nemus,
Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;14, 535: harundinem,
Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:arboris auctum,
Lucr. 6, 167:comam vitis,
Tib. 1, 7, 34:faenum,
Col. 2, 18, 1:murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,
Liv. 21, 11, 9:caesis montis fodisse medullis,
Cat. 68, 111; so,caedi montis in marmora,
Plin. 12, prooem. §2: lapis caedendus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:silicem,
id. Div. 2, 41, 85:marmor,
Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:toga rotunda et apte caesa,
cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—Prov.:c.ut vineta egomet caedam mea,
i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—2.In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:b.ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,
strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:caedere januam saxis,
Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:silicem rostro,
Liv. 41, 13, 1:vasa dolabris,
Curt. 5, 6, 5:femur, pectus, frontem,
Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:verberibus,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:pugnis,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:aliquem ex occulto,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,
they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:virgis ad necem caedi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:populum saxis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 128:ferulā aliquem,
id. ib. 1, 3, 120:flagris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:aliquem loris,
Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:nudatos virgis,
Liv. 2, 5, 8:hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,
id. 35, 5, 10:servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,
id. 2, 36, 1.—Prov.:c. B.stimulos pugnis caedere,
to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—Pregn.1.(Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:b.ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,
Cic. Mil. 5, 14:P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,
id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:caeso Argo,
Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,
Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):c.exercitus caesus fususque,
Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,
Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,
id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:Indos,
Curt. 9, 5, 19:passim obvios,
id. 5, 6, 6:praesidium,
id. 4, 5, 17:propugnatores reipublicae,
Quint. 12, 10, 24:caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,
Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:consulem exercitumque caesum,
id. 22, 56, 2:legio-nes nostras cecidere,
id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,
Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),
Cat. 64, 359.—To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:d.caedit greges armentorum,
Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:boves,
Ov. M. 15, 141:deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,
Cic. Clu. 68, 194:caesis victimis,
id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—2.In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:II.jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:oratio caesa,
i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10. -
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caedo, cĕcīdi (in MSS. freq. caecīdi, v. Neue, Formenl. 2, 460), caesum, 3, v. a. [root cīd- for scid-; cf. scindo; Gr. schizô].I.Lit.A.In gen.1.To cut, hew, lop, cut down, fell, cut off, cut to pieces: caesa abiegna trabes, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 3, 30, 75 (Trag. v. 281 Vahl.):b.frondem querneam caedito,
Cato, R. R. 5, 8:arbores,
Cic. Div. 2, 14, 33; Ov. M. 9, 230:robur,
Cic. Div. 2, 41, 86; Ov. M. 8, 769:lignum,
Plaut. Merc. 2, 3. 63: silvam, Varr ap. Non. p. 272, 5; Lucr. 5, 1265; Caes. B. G. 3, 29; Ov. M. 8, 329; Suet. Aug. 94 fin.; Pall. Mai, 4, 1:nemus,
Ov. M. 2, 418; cf. id. ib. 1, 94; 9, 230; 9, 374;14, 535: harundinem,
Dig. 7, 1, 59, § 2:arboris auctum,
Lucr. 6, 167:comam vitis,
Tib. 1, 7, 34:faenum,
Col. 2, 18, 1:murus latius quam caederetur ruebat,
Liv. 21, 11, 9:caesis montis fodisse medullis,
Cat. 68, 111; so,caedi montis in marmora,
Plin. 12, prooem. §2: lapis caedendus,
Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 56, § 147:silicem,
id. Div. 2, 41, 85:marmor,
Dig. 24, 3, 7, § 13:toga rotunda et apte caesa,
cut out, Quint. 11, 3, 139: caedunt securibus umida vina, with axes they cut out the wine (formerly liquid, now frozen), Verg. G. 3, 364: volutas, to carve or hollow out volutes, Vitr. 3, 3: tineae omnia caedunt, Lucil. ap. Non. p. 272, 14.—Prov.:c.ut vineta egomet caedam mea,
i. e. carry my own hide to market, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 220 (proverbium in eos dicitur, qui sibi volentes nocent, Schol. Crucq.; cf. Tib. 1, 2, 98; Verg. A. 5, 672).—Ruta caesa; v ruo, P. a.—2.In gen., to strike upon something, to knock at, to beat, strike, cudgel, etc.:b.ut lapidem ferro quom caedimus evolat ignis,
strike upon with iron, Lucr. 6, 314:caedere januam saxis,
Cic. Verr 2, 1, 27, § 69:silicem rostro,
Liv. 41, 13, 1:vasa dolabris,
Curt. 5, 6, 5:femur, pectus, frontem,
Quint. 2, 12, 10; cf. id. 11, 3, 123 al.:verberibus,
Plaut. Most. 5, 2, 45; so Ter. And. 1, 2, 28:pugnis,
Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, [p. 262] 43:aliquem ex occulto,
Ter. Eun. 4, 7, 17:at validis socios caedebant dentibus apri,
they fell with their strong tusks upon their own party, Lucr. 5, 1325; cf. Plaut. Poen. 3, 3, 71:virgis ad necem caedi,
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 28, § 69; Hor. S. 1, 2, 42:populum saxis,
id. ib. 2, 3, 128:ferulā aliquem,
id. ib. 1, 3, 120:flagris,
Quint. 6, 3, 25:aliquem loris,
Cic. Phil. 8, 8, 24; Suet. Ner. 26; 49; id. Dom. 8:caeduntur (agrestes) inter potentium inimicitias,
Sall. H. Fragm. 3, 61, 27 Dietsch:nudatos virgis,
Liv. 2, 5, 8:hastilibus caedentes terga trepidantium,
id. 35, 5, 10:servum sub furcā caesum medio egerat circo, i.e. ita ut simul caederet,
id. 2, 36, 1.—Prov.:c. B.stimulos pugnis caedere,
to kick against the pricks, to aggravate a danger by foolish resistance, Plaut. Truc. 4, 2, 55.—Pregn.1.(Cf. cado, I. B. 2.) To strike mortally, to kill, murder:b.ille dies, quo Ti. Gracchus est caesus,
Cic. Mil. 5, 14:P. Africanus de Tiberio Graccho responderat jure caesum videri,
id. de Or. 2, 25, 106; id. Off. 2, 12, 43:caeso Argo,
Ov. M. 2, 533; 5, 148; 12, 113; 12, 590; 12, 603; Suet. Caes. 76 al. — Poet., transf. to the blood shed in slaying:caeso sparsuros sanguine flammam,
Verg. A. 11, 82.—Esp. freq.,In milit. lang., to slay a single enemy; or, when a hostile army as a whole is spoken of, to conquer with great slaughter, to cut to pieces, vanquish, destroy (cf. Oud., Wolf, and Baumg.Crus. upon Suet. Vesp. 4):c.exercitus caesus fususque,
Cic. Phil. 14, 1, 1:Romani insecuti (hostem), caedentes spoliantesque caesos, castra regia diripiunt,
Liv. 32, 12, 10; 2, 47, 9:infra arcem caesi captique multi mortales,
id. 4, 61, 6; 22, 7, 2 and 9; Quint. 12, 10, 24; Suet. Aug. 21; 23; id. Vesp. 4:Indos,
Curt. 9, 5, 19:passim obvios,
id. 5, 6, 6:praesidium,
id. 4, 5, 17:propugnatores reipublicae,
Quint. 12, 10, 24:caesus (hostis) per calles saltusque vagando circumagatur,
Liv. 44, 36, 10 Kreyss.:consulem exercitumque caesum,
id. 22, 56, 2:legio-nes nostras cecidere,
id. 7, 30, 14; so Nep. Dat. 6, 4; Tac. Agr. 18; Suet. Claud. 1.— And poet., the leader is put for the army:Pyrrhum et ingentem cecidit Antiochum Hannibalemque dirum,
Hor. C. 3, 6, 36.—In poet. hypallage:caesi corporum acervi (for caesorum),
Cat. 64, 359.—To slaughter animals, esp. for offerings, to kill, slay, sacrifice:d.caedit greges armentorum,
Cic. Phil. 3, 12, 31:boves,
Ov. M. 15, 141:deorum mentes caesis hostiis placare,
Cic. Clu. 68, 194:caesis victimis,
id. Att. 1, 13, 1; Liv. 8, 6, 11; 10, 7, 10; 45, 7, 1; Tac. A. 2, 75; Suet. Caes. 81; id. Calig. 14; id. Ner. 25; id. Oth. 8; id. Galb. 18; id. Claud. 25; Just. 11, 5, 6 al.; Verg. A. 5, 96; Hor. Epod. 2, 59; Ov.M.13, 637; Juv. 6, 48; 6, 447; 8, 156; 12, 3 al.: inter caesa et porrecta; v. porricio.—Hence, since security for a person was anciently given by the deposit of sheep belonging to him, which were slaughtered in case of forfeiture, leg. t. t.: pignus caedere (or concidere), to declare the for feiture of a security, to confiscate a pledge: non tibi illa sunt caedenda, si L. Crassum vis coërcere, Crass. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 1, 4.—2.In mal. part. ( = concido; cf.:II.jam hoc, caede, concide: nonne vobis verba depromere videtur ad omne genus nequitiae accommodata?
Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 66, § 155); Cat. 56, 7; Auct. Priap. 25, 10; Tert. Pall. 4.—Trop.: caedere sermones, a Grecism, acc. to Prisc. 18, p. 1118 P., = koptein ta rhêmata, to chop words, chat, talk, converse, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 1; cf. Non. p. 272, 13, and Prisc. p. 1188 P.:oratio caesa,
i. e. asyndeton, Auct. Her. 4, 19, 26; Aquil. Rom. §§ 18 and 19; Mart. Cap. 5; § 528.—Hence, caesum, i, n.; subst. in gram. synon. with comma, a stop, pause, comma, Mart. Cap. 5, § 527; Aquil. Rom. § 19; Fortun. Art. Rhet. 3, 10. -
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17 clava
clāva, ae, f. [root cel- of percello; cf. Gr. klaô and clades].I.A knotty branch or stick, a staff, cudgel, club:II.adfer duas clavas... probas,
Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 20; Lucr. 5, 968:sternentes agmina clavā,
Verg. A. 10, 318; Curt. 9, 4, 3; Ov. F. 1, 575; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 94; Plin. 19, 1, 3, § 18; a bar, lever, Cato, R. R. 13, 1.—As a weapon for exercising, used by young men, and esp. by soldiers, a foil, Cic. Sen. 16, 58; Veg. Mil. 1, 11.—As a badge of Hercules, Prop. 4 (5) 9, 39; Ov. H. 9, 117; id. M. 9, 114; 9, 236; * Suet. Ner. 53; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 62 Müll.—Hence, prov., clavam Herculi extorquere, for an impossible undertaking, Macr. S. 5, 3; Don. Vit. Verg.— Also Clava Herculis, a plant, otherwise called nymphea, Marc. Emp. 33.— -
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clāvātor, ōris, m. [clava], one who carries clubs or foils, used in military exercises, a cudgel-bearer, Plaut. Rud. 3, 5, 25; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 62, 9 Müll. -
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commento, āvi, 1, v. act., collat. form of 1. commentor, q. v. (cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.), to delineate, sketch; only trop.: ora, humorously, qs. to demonstrate on the face, for to cudgel or beat, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 30 dub. (Brix, commetavi; cf. 2. commeto).—Hence,b.commentātus, a, um, pass.:ut sua et commentata et scripta... meminisset,
Cic. Brut. 88, 301 (just before: secum commentatus in act. signif.): oratio, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 1. -
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commento, āvi, 1, v. act., collat. form of 1. commentor, q. v. (cf. Prisc. p. 797 P.), to delineate, sketch; only trop.: ora, humorously, qs. to demonstrate on the face, for to cudgel or beat, Plaut. Men. 5, 7, 30 dub. (Brix, commetavi; cf. 2. commeto).—Hence,b.commentātus, a, um, pass.:ut sua et commentata et scripta... meminisset,
Cic. Brut. 88, 301 (just before: secum commentatus in act. signif.): oratio, Q. Cic. ap. Cic. Fam. 16, 26, 1.
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cudgel — I UK [ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l] / US [ˈkʌdʒəl] noun [countable] Word forms cudgel : singular cudgel plural cudgels a short thick stick used for hitting people • take up the cudgels II UK [ˈkʌdʒ(ə)l] / US [ˈkʌdʒəl] verb [transitive] Word forms cudgel : present… … English dictionary
cudgel — cudg|el1 [ kʌdʒəl ] noun count a short thick stick used for hitting people take up the cudgels to take action to support or defend a person, idea, political movement, etc. cudgel cudg|el 2 [ kʌdʒəl ] verb transitive to hit someone hard and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cudgel — cudgeler; esp. Brit., cudgeller, n. /kuj euhl/, n., v., cudgeled, cudgeling, or (esp. Brit.) cudgelled, cudgelling. n. 1. a short, thick stick used as a weapon; club. 2. take up the cudgels, to come to the defense or aid of someone or something.… … Universalium
cudgel — 1. noun a short heavy club with a rounded head used as a weapon The guard hefted his cudgel menacingly at the inmates, the threat to swing glinted in his eye. Syn: club 2. verb to strike someone with a cudgel The officer was violently cu … Wiktionary