See also:

• CAESTUS, or CESTUS (from Lat. caedo, strike)

CAESTUS, or CESTUS (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. caedo, strike)  , a See also:

• GAUNTLET (a diminutive of the Fr. gant, glove)

gauntlet or See also:

• BOXING (M.E. box, a blow, probably from Dan. bask, a buffet)

boxing-See also:

• GLOVE (O. Eng. glof, perhaps connected with Gothic lofa, the palm of the hand)

glove used by the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient pugilists . Of this there were several varieties, the simplest and least dangerous being the meilichae (petAixat), which consisted of strips of raw hide tied under the See also:

• PALM (Lat. palma, Gr. iraX6.jn )
• PALM, JOHANN PHILIPP (1768-1806)

palm, leaving the fingers See also:

• BARE

bare . With these the athletes in the palaestrae were wont to practise, reserving for serious contests the more formidable kinds, such as the sphaerae (o-4aipat), which were sewn with small See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal balls covered with See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather, and the terrible murmekes (uupµrlKES), sometimes called " See also:

• LIMB

limb-breakers " (yvrorbpot), which were studded with heavy nails . The straps (iµavres) were of different lengths, many reaching to the See also:

• ELBOW

elbow, in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to protect the forearm when guarding heavy blows (see J . H . See also:

• KRAUSE, KARL CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH (1781—1832)

Krause, Gymnaslik and Agonistik der Hellenen, 1841) . The See also:

• CAESTUS, or CESTUS (from Lat. caedo, strike)

caestus is to be distinguished from cestus (= embroidered, from KEVTEZV), an See also:

• ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective used as a noun in the sense of " See also:

• GIRDLE (O. Eng. gyrdel, from gyrdan, to gird; cf. Ger. Gurtel, Dutch gordel, from giirten and gorden; "gird" and its doublet " girth " together with the other Teutonic cognates have been referred by some to the root ghar—to seize, enclose, seen in Gr. )(s

girdle," especially the girdle of See also:

• APHRODITE

Aphrodite, which was supposed to have the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of exciting love .