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FENCED |
Used sword |
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RAPIER |
Sword used for thrusting |
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GLAIVE |
A sword; -- used poetically and loosely. |
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FLORET |
A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing. |
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TWO-HANDED |
Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword. |
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CLAYMORE |
A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish
Highlanders. |
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WASTER |
A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a
foil. |
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CUTLASS |
A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See
Curtal ax. |
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SPADROON |
A sword, especially a broadsword, formerly used both to
cut and thrust. |
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CREESE |
A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having
a serpentine blade. |
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ESTRAMACON |
A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the
16th and 17th centuries. |
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ESPADON |
A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly
used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners. |
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WHINGER |
A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as
a weapon. |
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FALCHION |
A broad-bladed sword, slightly curved, shorter and
lighter than the ordinary sword; -- used in the Middle Ages. |
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SMALLSWORD |
A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the
sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century. |
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ACCOLADE |
A ceremony formerly used in conferring knighthood,
consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat
blade of a sword. |
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TEMPERED |
Brought to a proper temper; as, tempered steel; having
(such) a temper; -- chiefly used in composition; as, a good-tempered or
bad-tempered man; a well-tempered sword. |
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SULLY |
To soil; to dirty; to spot; to tarnish; to stain; to
darken; -- used literally and figuratively; as, to sully a sword; to
sully a person's reputation. |
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WEAPON |
An instrument of offensive of defensive combat; something
to fight with; anything used, or designed to be used, in destroying,
defeating, or injuring an enemy, as a gun, a sword, etc. |
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HAFT |
A handle; that part of an instrument or vessel taken into the
hand, and by which it is held and used; -- said chiefly of a knife,
sword, or dagger; the hilt. |
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HANDLE |
That part of vessels, instruments, etc., which is held in
the hand when used or moved, as the haft of a sword, the knob of a
door, the bail of a kettle, etc. |
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MOUNT |
...s for
use, as a gun on a carriage, a map or picture on cloth or paper; to
prepare for being worn or otherwise used, as a diamond by setting, or ... |
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QUICK |
...rd to the quick,
to taunt one to the quick; -- used figuratively. ... |
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FROM |
...roximity
to; leaving behind; by reason of; out of; by aid of; -- used whenever
departure, setting out, commencement of action, being, state,
... |