Sentence:  [Round] 9. This was a scientific round on both sides; Acton got away well; and also parried some tremendous blows. The latter, however, received a <WSD>chancery</WSD> nobber; but he contended every inch of ground till he went down. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  With the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will.