1. (v.) To pummel; or (n.) a knob or ball; as on a pommel horse.

2. (n.) The knob on the hilt of a sword.

3. (n.) The knob or protuberant part of a saddlebow.

4. (n.) The top (of the head).

5. (n.) A knob forming the finial of a turret or pavilion.

6. (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists.

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