Reverse Dictionary: CUDGEL

NOUNS
► ALPEEN a cudgel; a stout-headed stick → 1828 Anglo-Irish
► BALLOW a cudgel, a stick, a pole → 1790 Eng. dial. obs.
► BASTER a cudgel, a stick → 1726
► BASTINADE a cudgelling; a beating with a stick → 1660 arch.
► BASTINADO 1. a cudgelling; a beating with a stick → 1594 arch.
2. a cudgel, a stick, a staff, a rod, a truncheon → 1598
► BASTINADOING a cudgelling, a thrashing; esp. on the soles of the feet → 1614
► BASTING a cudgelling, a beating, a thrashing → 1590
► BASTON a cudgel, a club, a truncheon → a1300 obs.
► BASTONADE a cudgelling; a beating with a stick → 1660 arch.
► BAT a cudgel, a staff; a thick walking-stick → 1886 Eng. dial.
► BATON a cudgel, a club, or truncheon → 1548 obs.
► BATOON a cudgel, a club, a truncheon → a1625 arch.
► CRAB-STICK a cudgel, a stick of the wood of the crab-tree → 1703
► FUSTIGATION a beating or cudgelling → 1428
► LEWDER a cudgel, a club; a long, stout, rough stick → 1802 Sc.
► LICORICE STICK a cudgel, a billy club → 1954 US sl.
► NAUPING a cudgelling, a thrashing; chastisement → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► OAKEN CUDGEL a cudgel → 18C sl.
► OAKEN PLANT a cudgel → 18C sl.
► OAKEN SAPLING a cudgel → 18C sl.
► OAKEN STAFF a cudgel → 18C sl.
► OAKEN TOWEL a cudgel → 18C sl.
► OAK TOWEL an oaken cudgel; a wooden club; a policeman’s club → 1859 sl.
► OLD MADGE a cudgel → M17 sl.
► PLYMOUTH CLOAK a cudgel → 1608 sl.
► PODGER a cudgel → L19 Irish sl.
► RAMPION a cudgel, a stick → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► RIB-ROAST a cudgelling; a severe beating → 1595 obs.
► THIVEL a cudgel → 1905 Sc. (Bk.)
► TIMBER a cudgel, a stick → 1790 Sc.
► TIPPERARY LAWYER a cudgel → M19 sl.
► TOWEL a cudgel → M18 sl.
► WADDIE ► WADDY a cudgel, a club; a hefty piece of wood suitable for a club → 1809 Aust. sl.
► WALLOPER a cudgel, a stick, anything with which one administers a thrashing → 1832 colloq.

NOUNS – PERSON
► WALLOPER a person who beats up their victims with a cudgel or stick → E19 sl.

VERBS
► BASTE to cudgel, to thrash, to flog, to hit repeatedly, to assault by hitting, to beat soundly → 1533
► BAT to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit, to strike → c1440
► BATON to cudgel → c1580
► BATOON to cudgel, to thrash with a stick → 1683 arch.
► BEBAT to cudgel → 1565 obs.
► BERRY to cudgel, to beat → 1894 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► BETHWACK to cudgel soundly, to pelt, to thrash → 1555
► FUSTIGATE to beat, to cudgel → 1656
► GALLANTIFY to cudgel soundly → 1672 obs.
► INDORSE to cudgel → 1785 sl.
► LOUNDER to cudgel, to thrash, to thump; to beat severely with heavy strokes → 1793 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► RIB-ROAST to belabour with a cudgel; to beat soundly, to thrash → 1570 arch.
► RUB ONE DOWN WITH AN OAKEN TOWEL to cudgel or beat him → 18C sl.
► THRIPPLE to cudgel, to beat → 1691 Eng. dial.
► TOWEL to cudgel, to thrash, to beat, to hit repeatedly; to assault by hitting → 1705 sl.