Crossword-Solution: LATHIS 6 letters, 1 clue 🏆 scrabble score: 9

Now they begin to quarrel! Now they say hot words! Now they pull turbans! Now they lift up their lathis (clubs), and, at last, one falls backward into the mud, and the other runs away.

Then an attempt is made to arrest some of the ringleaders or to disarm the _Khilafat_ "volunteers," who, when they have no more modern weapons, know how to use their _lathis_ or heavy iron-tipped staves with often deadly effect.

Attracted by the sound of the rapid scuffle, a number of natives armed with lathis {bludgeons} rushed across the compound into the street, and came swiftly to the rescue.

The remainder stood firm, grasping their lathis in a manner that showed the fighting instinct to be strong, even in the Bengali.

But as soon as his followers saw the aim of his movements, and especially when they found that the defenders could not touch him without exposing themselves, he gained as many eager helpers as could bring their lathis to bear upon the two carts.