"Pitsokwerno" is a word in HILIGAYNON
pitsokwérno - (Perhaps from the Sp.
pecho, cuerno) A toothed metal plate with
holes for the fingers, worn on the hand and
used for fighting. A well aimed blow from a
hand armed with a "pitsokwérno” may kill
a man. A sort of iron cestus. (cf. kaboráta—
a slung shot).
How can a man’s candour be seen in all its lustre unless he has a few failings to talk of? But he had an agreeable confidence that his faults were all of a generous kind—impetuous, arm-blooded, leonine; never crawling, crafty, reptilian.
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dúmpug - To knock—, hit—, box—, with the fist, to pommel, to have a bout of fisticuffs, thump, maul, box, …
Read the complete definitionkaboráta - A kind of cestus, iron ring or slung shot. (cf. pitsokwérno).
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