See Also: Pommel(medicine)
pommel(1)(dictionary)
pommel(2)(dictionary)
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Pommel Horse - Gymnastics(gambling)

Nootka (iou) and pommel(2) (iou)


Nootka (iou)



Nootka adjective & noun. E19.
[Nootka Sound, an inlet on the coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.]
A. adjective.
Designating trees and plants native to the Pacific coast of N. America. E19.
Nootka cypress a tall pyramidal cypress, Chamaecyparis nootkatensis, of western N. America; also called yellow cedar. Nootka fir the Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii. Nootka lupin a blue-flowered lupin, Lupinus nootkatensis, naturalized in Scotland.
Pertaining to or designating a N. American Indian people of Vancouver Island, or their Wakashan language. M19.
b. noun. Pl. same, -s. A member of the Nootka people; the language of this people. M19.
Nootkan adjective & noun (a) adjective of the Nootka or the language group Nootkan; (b) noun a Nootka; a group of Wakashan Languages including Nootka: M19.

pommel(2) (iou)



pommel verb trans. Infl. -ll-, *-l-. M16.
[from the noun See also PUMMEL verb.]
Beat or strike repeatedly, = PUMMEL verb.
D. Hammett Clumsy..blows on my back and shoulder brought me around to find Gilbert pommelling me.