“ Johnson still fighting shy, followed round the ring by Halton, who got his dexter ogle obnubilated by a discharge from Johnson’s maniple. ”
1829 P. Egan - Boxiana New Ser. II. 703
Via the OED’s Daily Word, said word being maniple, in this case used in sense 3b:
colloq. A hand, fist. *Obs.
My best guess is that a dexter ogle is a right eye.
Also… Obnubilated!
Large of No Mas still writes about boxing in this (amazing) style. Let me know if you know of anyone else that does!
