Fwd: define drub

[Doug Millison]

>From: wsmith at wordsmith.org
>Subject:  define drub
>
>2 definitions found
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>Drub \Drub\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Drubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
>    {Drubbing}.] [Cf. Prov. E. drab to beat, Icel. & Sw. drabba
>    to hit, beat, Dan. dr[ae]be to slay, and perh. OE. drepen to
>    strike, kill, AS. drepan to strike, G. & D. freffen to hit,
>    touch, Icel. drepa to strike, kill.]
>    To beat with a stick; to thrash; to cudgel.
>
>          Soundly Drubbed with a good honest cudgel.
>                                                   --L'Estrange.
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>Drub \Drub\, n.
>    A blow with a cudgel; a thump. --Addison.
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