Pugil

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pugil \Pu"gil\, n. [L. pugillus, pugillum, a handful, akin to
     pugnus the fist.]
     As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first
     fingers. [Obs.] --Bacon.
     [1913 Webster]