Lexicographical Neighbors of Pugils
Literary usage of Pugils
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Dispensatory: Containing by William Lewis (1778)
"... each eight pugils : Juice of black cherries, four pints ; French brandy »,
two gallons and a half, After proper maceration, ..."
2. The Works of Francis Bacon by John Thomas Scharf, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Francis Bacon, James Spedding, Robert Leslie Ellis, Douglas Denon Heath, William Rawley (1876)
"R, Of sage-leaves half an handful. Of the root of hemlock sliced six drams.
Of briony-roots half an ounce. Of the leaves of red roses two pugils. ..."
3. Manual of Mental and Physical Tests: A Book of Directions Compiled with by Guy Montrose Whipple (1914)
"... pugils into three types: (1) those who possess ability, who work industriously-and
attentively, and thus exhibit distinct and progressive fatigue curves ..."
4. Sir Thomas Browne's Works: Including His Life and Correspondence by Thomas Browne, Simon Wilkin (1835)
"... which signifies the cubit measure, but that which expresseth pugils, that is,
men fit for combat and the exercise of the fist. ..."
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