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for duel
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Duel \Du"el\, v. i. & t.
To fight in single combat. [Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Duel \Du"el\, n. [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.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Trial by duel (Old Law), a combat between two persons for
proving a cause; trial by battel.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
duel
n 1: a prearranged fight with deadly weapons by two people
(accompanied by seconds) in order to settle a quarrel
over a point of honor [syn: affaire d'honneur]
2: any struggle between two skillful opponents (individuals or
groups)
v : fight a duel, as over one's honor or a woman; "In the 19th
century, men often dueled over small matters"
[also: duelling, duelled]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "duel":
affair of honor, battle, box, brawl, broil, buck, clash, close,
collide, combat, come to blows, contend, contest, cut and thrust,
dispute, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel,
give and take, give satisfaction, grapple, grapple with, jostle,
joust, mix it up, monomachy, oppose, quarrel, rassle, repel, riot,
run a tilt, satisfaction, scramble, scuffle, single combat,
skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, thrust and parry, tilt, tourney,
traverse, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrestle
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
DUEL
A front end to gdb by Michael Golan .
DUEL implements a language designed for debugging C
programs. It mainly features efficient ways to select and
display data items. It is normally linked into the gdb
executable, but could stand alone. It interprets a subset of
C in addition to its own language.
Version 1.10.
ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/duel/)">(ftp://ftp.cs.princeton.edu/duel/).
(1993-03-20)
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) :
DUEL, n. A formal ceremony preliminary to the reconciliation of two
enemies. Great skill is necessary to its satisfactory observance; if
awkwardly performed the most unexpected and deplorable consequences
sometimes ensue. A long time ago a man lost his life in a duel.
That dueling's a gentlemanly vice
I hold; and wish that it had been my lot
To live my life out in some favored spot --
Some country where it is considered nice
To split a rival like a fish, or slice
A husband like a spud, or with a shot
Bring down a debtor doubled in a knot
And ready to be put upon the ice.
Some miscreants there are, whom I do long
To shoot, to stab, or some such way reclaim
The scurvy rogues to better lives and manners,
I seem to see them now -- a mighty throng.
It looks as if to challenge _me_ they came,
Jauntily marching with brass bands and banners!
Xamba Q. Dar
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