to club a musket

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1.To beat with a club. [1913 Webster]

2.(Mil.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion. [1913 Webster]

To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column.— Farrow.[1913 Webster]

3.To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions. [1913 Webster]

4.To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense. [1913 Webster]

To club a musket (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club. [1913 Webster]