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English Dictionary: Clubbing by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
clubbing
n
  1. a condition in which the ends of toes and fingers become wide and thick; a symptom of heart or lung disease
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Club \Club\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Clubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
      {Clubbing}.]
      1. To beat with a club.
  
      2. (Mil.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.
  
                     To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in
                     the commanding officer to restore any given body of
                     men to their natural front in line or column.
                                                                              --Farrow.
  
      3. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a
            common end; as, to club exertions.
  
      4. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to
            club the expense.
  
      {To club a musket} (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so
            as to use it as a club.
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