A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as:
The knob on the hilt of a sword. Macaulay.
The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.
The top (of the head). Chaucer.
A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.
To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists. [Written also pummel.]
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