Definition of sword

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Sword (n.) An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties..

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Exchange :: Exchange (n.) The act of substituting one thing in the place of another; as, an exchange of grief for joy, or of a scepter for a sword, and the like; also, the act of giving and receiving reciprocally; as, an exchange of civilities or views..
Morglay :: Morglay (n.) A sword.
Glaive :: Glaive (n.) A sword; -- used poetically and loosely.
Swordsmen :: Sword-shaped (a.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To strike; to inflict a blow upon with the hand, or with any instrument held in the hand, or with a missile thrown by the hand; as, to smite with the fist, with a rod, sword, spear, or stone..
Knight :: Knight (v. t.) To dub or create (one) a knight; -- done in England by the sovereign only, who taps the kneeling candidate with a sword, saying: Rise, Sir ---..
Glair :: Glair (a.) A broadsword fixed on a pike; a kind of halberd.
Cut :: Cut (n.) An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut..
Fence :: Fence (n.) Self-defense by the use of the sword; the art and practice of fencing and sword play; hence, skill in debate and repartee. See Fencing..
Pommel :: Pommel (v. t.) To beat soundly, as with the pommel of a sword, or with something knoblike; hence, to beat with the fists..
Password :: Password (n.) A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign.
Gainpain :: Gainpain (n.) Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
Stramineous :: Stramazoun (n.) A direct descending blow with the edge of a sword.
Sword :: Sword (n.) The military power of a country.
Swore :: Swordtail (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees..
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon..
Creese :: Creese (n.) A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade..
Unsheathe :: Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword..
Gladiolus :: Gladiolus (n.) A genus of plants having bulbous roots and gladiate leaves, and including many species, some of which are cultivated and valued for the beauty of their flowers; the corn flag; the sword lily..
Flating :: Flating (a.) With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position..
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