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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A planet, especially Venus, visible in the east just before or at sunrise.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun See star.
  • noun A weapon consisting of a ball of metal, usually set with spikes, either mounted upon a long handle or staff, usually of wood and used with both hands, or slung to the staff by a thong or chain. Also called holy-water sprinkler. Compare warflail.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The planet Venus as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.
  • noun less commonly The planet Mercury as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.
  • noun military A weapon consisting of a heavy ball set with spikes attached rigidly to a staff, in contrast to a flail.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a planet (usually Venus) seen just before sunrise in the eastern sky

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  • My weapon of choice.

    November 10, 2007

  • I prefer mine of the flail variety. Yikes!

    November 10, 2007

  • Another name for Venus, see also evening star

    February 6, 2008

  • Also Britain's leading communist daily newspaper.

    February 6, 2008