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Quarterstaff - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Quarterstaff : (noun)
1: a long stout staff used as a weapon
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Quarterstaff : \Quar"ter*staff`\, n.; pl. Quarterstaves.
A long and stout staff formerly used as a weapon of defense
and offense; -- so called because in holding it one hand was
placed in the middle, and the other between the middle and
the end.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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