motion (n.)
[fencing] attack, execution
Ham IV.vii.100[Claudius to Laertes] the scrimers of their nation ... had neither motion, guard, nor eye;
Ham IV.vii.156[Claudius to Laertes] When in your motion you are hot and dry
KL II.i.49[Edmund to Gloucester, of Edgar] in fell motion / With his prepared sword he charges home
TN III.iv.270[Sir Toby to Sir Andrew, of Viola as Cesario] he gives me the stuck-in with such a mortal motion that it is inevitable
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