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DUELLING
DUEL
duel
(verb) fight a duel, as over one’s honor or a woman; “In the 19th century, men often dueled over small matters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
duelling
(British) present participle of duel
Noun
duelling (plural duellings)
Act of taking part in a duel.
Anagrams
• ungilled
Source: Wiktionary
DUEL
Du"el, n. Etym: [It. duello, fr. L. duellum, orig., a contest between two, which passed into the common form bellum war, fr. duo two: cf. F. duel. See Bellicose, Two, and cf. Duello.]
Definition: A combat between two persons, fought with deadly weapons, by agreement. It usually arises from an injury done or an affront given by one to the other. Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for proving a cause; trial by battel.
Du"el, v. i. & t.
Definition: To fight in single combat. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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