in fencing, denotes a blunt sword, or one that has a button at the end covered with leather, used in learning the art of fencing.

among glafs-grinders, a sheet of tin, with quicksilver, silk, hempen cloth, calico, iron, and all sorts of utensils wrought to the greatest perfection. From other countries they have cloves, cinnamon, pepper, sandal wood, amber, coral, and many other things. The capital city is Fou-tcheou Fou; or, as others would have it written, Fucherofu. But as for Fokien, which most geographers make the capital, Grofier informs us there is no such place.