WHIRL-BAT, noun [whirl and bat.] Any thing moved with a whirl as preparatory for a blow, or to augment the force of it. Poets use it for the ancient cestus.
The whirl-bat and the rapid race shall be reservd for Cesar.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.