Terms vs Pugil - What's the difference?

As nouns the difference between terms and pugil

is that terms is while pugil is (obsolete) as much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.

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(en noun)

(obsolete) As much as is taken up between the thumb and two first fingers.

(Francis Bacon)

* 1778 , William Lewis, The new dispensatory

Cinnamon, an ounce and a half; Rosemary flowers, six pugils