A club or cudgel is perhaps the simplest of all mêlée weapons. Essentially, a club is simply a large stick to hit things with. Related mêlée weapons such as maces and flails are variations upon the club. Typically, a club is small enough to be wielded in one hand. Bludgeons that require both hands to wield are called quarterstaffs in English. Club weapon - A simple weapon. The club is perhaps the simplest of all true weapons; a club is typically carved from a single piece of wood; a ...

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• Club weapon - Specialized clubs
• Club weapon - Batons truncheons and nightsticks
• Club weapon - Blackjack and similar
• Club weapon - Shillelagh
• Club weapon - Knobkierie
• Club weapon - The Jutte/Jitte - Weapon of the feudal Japanese police
• Club weapon - In sports
• Club weapon - External references

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Club weapon, Club weapon - A simple weapon, Club weapon - Specialized clubs, Club weapon - Batons truncheons and nightsticks, Club weapon - Blackjack and similar, Club weapon - Shillelagh, Club weapon - Knobkierie, Club weapon - The Jutte/Jitte - Weapon of the feudal Japanese police, Club weapon - In sports, Club weapon - External references

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Clubs or club-like implements figure in a number of sports. The tools used in golf to hit the ball with are called golf clubs, although golf clubs are perhaps less traditionally club-like than baseball or cricket bats, both of which are still made of wood; a baseball bat is a round club traditionally made from ash tree wood; a cricket bat resembles a paddle and is traditionally made from willow wood. Few golf clubs are made of wood in current play. A much smaller wooden truncheon-like bat is used to strike the ball in pelota, a game similar to jai-alai. A shillelagh ...

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Club weapon, Club weapon - A simple weapon, Club weapon - Specialized clubs, Club weapon - Batons truncheons and nightsticks, Club weapon - Blackjack and similar, Club weapon - Shillelagh, Club weapon - Knobkierie, Club weapon - The Jutte/Jitte - Weapon of the feudal Japanese police, Club weapon - In sports, Club weapon - External references

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Baton refers to: The term baton refers to any of several types of cylindrical or tapered instruments composed of a wide variety of materials, and of differing functions: A baton (billy, billy club, nightstick, riot stick) is a type of striking/parrying weapon, staff or club, typically used by police, military, security personnel or martial artists. A baton (symbol) is also used as a symbolic attribute of military or other office. Conductors use light-weight batons for directin ...

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A weapon is a tool which can be used during combat to kill or incapacitate, to destroy property, or to otherwise render resources non-functional or unavailable. It may be used to attack and defend, and consequently also to threaten. The use of weapons has been recorded since the advent of cave painting, and the process has been formulated resulting in both martial arts and strategic doctrines. Metaphorically, anything used to damage (even psychologically) can be referred to as a weapon. A weapon can be as simple as a club or as ...

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• Weapon - Ancient Weapons
• Weapon - Combustion-powered weapons
• Weapon - Nuclear Weapons
• Weapon - Information Warfare
• Weapon - Types of weapons
• Weapon - Weapons by era

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In medicine, clubbing (or digital clubbing) is a deformity of the fingers and fingernails that is associated with a number of diseases, mostly of the heart and lungs. Idiopathic clubbing can also occur. Hippocrates was probably the first to document clubbing as a sign of disease, and the phenomenon is therefore occasionally called Hippocratic fingers. Clubbing - Signs and diagnosis. Clubbing develops in five steps:[1]Including:

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• Clubbing - Isolated clubbing
• Clubbing - HPOA
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A club is generally an association of people united by a common interest or goal, as opposed to any natural ties of kinship. Such clubs occur in all ancient states of which we have detailed knowledge. Once people started living together in larger groups, there was need for men with a common interest to be able to associate despite having no ties of kinship. The term club now has broader implications. The Service club, for example, exists for voluntary or charitable activities; there are clubs devoted to all sorts of hobb ...

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A nuclear weapon is a weapon which derives its destructive force from the nuclear reactions of nuclear fission and/or fusion. As a result, even a nuclear weapon with a small yield is significantly more powerful than the largest conventional explosives, and a single weapon can be capable of destroying or seriously disabling an entire city. In the history of warfare, nuclear weapons have been used on two occasions, both during the closing days of World War II. The first event occurred on the morning of 6 August 1945, when the Uni ...

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• Nuclear weapon - Effects of a nuclear explosion
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Weapon Brown is the principal fictional character of a comic book by the same name, who was first introduced in the comic book anthology called Deep Fried and was created by Jason Yungbluth in 2002. The characters who appear are spoofs of the Peanuts gang. The Weapon Brown comic miniseries first appeared in Deep Fried, and is a parody of Charles Schulz's classic Peanuts characters. Weapon Brown - Plot summary. This details the basic story and concepts of Weapon Brownn as the titl ...

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Vehicle weapons are weapons designed to be mounted on a military vehicle. Other related archivesmilitary vehicle, weapons

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Weapon possession, as a crime, consists of that circumstance in which a person who is not legally authorised to carry a concealed weapon is found in possession of such a weapon. Alternately, it can also consist of a circumstance where the holder of that privilege is found with a weapon in a place where that privilege does not apply, such as a school, government building, airport, church, or another jurisdiction not honoring the permit. Additionally it can mean possession of a firearm illegal for civilians, such as a mach ...

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Winx Club is an animated television series produced by Italian animation group Rainbow S.r.l.. and features the fictional characters that use magic. Winx Club - Overview. In the first episode of the first season, Bloom, a red-headed teenager from the Earth city Gardenia, stumbles upon Stella, who is locked in combat with an ogre named Knut and several small ghouls. Knut and the ghouls are about to defeat and capture Stella when, frightened by the monsters, Bloom unwittingly lets off a magical ...

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• Winx Club - Places Locations and Characters
• Winx Club - Schools
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• Winx Club - Other Locations
• Winx Club - Minor characters
• Winx Club - Season Two Overview
• Winx Club - Added Places Locations and Characters
• Winx Club - The differences in the 4Kids and Italian language version
• Winx Club - Episode list
• Winx Club - Season one
• Winx Club - Season two
• Winx Club - Broadcasting
• Winx Club - Merchandising
• Winx Club - Edit and censorship controversy in United States

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Wonder weapons is the term given to very advanced weaponry whose design, production or deployment in the field of battle is impractical or ill-timed. Such weapons are radical departures or improvements of the arms or machinery used at the time and are often intended to turn the tide of a current conflict. These weapons are either never completed, or are introduced near the end of hostilities in limited capacity so the expectations far exceed the results. The term is a calque of the German term, "Wunderwaffe" (pl. Wunderwaffen), which was coined during WWII. Amongst Germans, it was abbreviated ...

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Culture Club was a popular 1980s pop group, perhaps most noticeable for their gender-bending frontman Boy George. The other members of the band were Roy Hay on guitars and keyboards, Mikey Craig playing bass and Jon Moss on drums. Their first album, 1982's Kissing to Be Clever, became a major international hit, spawning the hit singles "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" (which went 'all the way' in the BBC-Charts in late 1982), "Time (Clock of the Heart)", and "I'll Tumble 4 Ya". Unique in his eccentric manner of dress and androgy ...

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A warehouse club is a retail store selling a small amount of merchandise in terms of variety. Since they have membership requirements, as opposed to warehouse stores, customers are usually members of the club and pay an annual fee in order to continue their membership. The clubs are able to pass along savings in the form of low prices to their members because of the basic, no frills format of their stores, which look much different from traditional retail stores. The hi ...

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Chess clubs are clubs with the intent of getting together and playing chess with others. There are chess clubs associated with schools and sometimes these clubs compete with other clubs. Very often the chess clubs are run by a more knowledgeable chess player who can teach less experienced players. ________________________________________________ Chess Club is also the name of a power-pop/indie-rock band located in Memphis, Tennessee. The band has undergone many transformations since it was founded in 2003 by Jason ...

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A bladed weapon is a weapon with a blade. Bladed weapons include: Knives Cleaver Daggers Bayonet Machetes Tools Scythe Sickle Swords Sabres Scimitar Foils Rapier Broadswords Axes Tomahawk Battleaxe Pole weapons Halber ...

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A bow is a weapon that shoots arrows powered by the elasticity of the bow. It is useful for hunting and war. The technique of using a bow is called archery while someone who makes bows is known as a bowyer. Many bow designs have been used in different cultures and time periods. Common designs are; solid wood (the English longbow), laminated wood (Japanese and Sami bows) and bone-wood-hide composite (Middle East, India, Mongols). In modern times, the plastic composite and comp ...

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• Bow weapon - Types of bow
• Bow weapon - Hun bow
• Bow weapon - Hungarian bow
• Bow weapon - Mongol bow
• Bow weapon - Longbow
• Bow weapon - Crossbow
• Bow weapon - Composite bow
• Bow weapon - Ballista
• Bow weapon - Compound bow
• Bow weapon - Arbalest
• Bow weapon - Reference

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Vis (Polish designation pistolet wz. 35 Vis, German designation 9 mm Pistole 35(p), sometimes also incorrectly referred to as Radom in English sources) is a 9 mm caliber, single action, semi-automatic pistol. Originally designed by Piotr Wilniewczyc and Jan Skrzypiński in 1930. In 1936 it was adopted as the standard handgun of the Polish Army. Considered by many to be one of the finest handguns ever produced ...

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Club goods are a type of good in economics, sometimes classified as a subtype of public goods that are excludable but non-rivalrous, at least until reaching a point where congestion occurs. Examples of club goods would include private golf courses, cinemas, cable television, access to copyrighted works, and the services provided by social or religious clubs to their members. ...

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