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estramazone
estramaˈzone [var. of stramazon; cf. Fr. estrama{cced}on.] A slashing cut in fencing.1820 Scott Monast. xxvii, Being eager to punish him, I made an estramazone.
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† stramazon Fencing. Obs. Also 6–7 stramazone, 6, 9 -zoun, 7 -son, -zoon, stramison, 9 strama{cced}on. [ad. It. stramazzone (also stramazzo) a knock-down blow, f. stramazzare to knock (a person) down, f. stramazzo straw mattress, straw strewn on the floor, f. strame:—L. strāmen straw. Some of the fo...
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