pugil

IPA（発音記号）

廃用

(obsolete) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.

日本語の意味

（古語）親指と人差し指および中指で挟まれる、ひとつまみ（の量）

Before leaving, she added a pugil of saffron to the broth, claiming it would lift the flavor.

出かける前に彼女はスープにサフランをひとつまみ加え、それが風味を高めると言い張った。

意味（1）

(obsolete) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers; a pinch.

Take violets , and infuse a good pugil of them in a quart of vinegar

pugils

（ plural ）