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cestus
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tags: [mythology] [sport]
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Definition:1. A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.2. A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Bards have written of the cestus of Venus, that turned the heads of all the world in successive generations. We had rather, for our part, have the cestus of Rachel Halliday, that kept heads from being turned, and made everything go on harmoniously. We think it is more suited to our modern days, decidedly.
Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin
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Miss Skiffins stopped it with the neatness of a placid boxer, took off that girdle or cestus as before, and laid it on the table.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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