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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Sworded :: Swordbill (n.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird..
Two-handed :: Two-handed (a.) Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword..
Forte :: Forte (n.) The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.
Sworder :: Sworded (a.) Girded with a sword.
Haft :: Haft (n.) 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..
Hanger :: Hanger (n.) A strap hung to the girdle, by which a dagger or sword is suspended..
Ferrara :: Ferrara (n.) A sword bearing the mark of one of the Ferrara family of Italy. These swords were highly esteemed in England and Scotland in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat..
Xiphoid :: Xiphoid (a.) Like a sword; ensiform.
Xiphias :: Xiphias (n.) A genus of fishes comprising the common swordfish.
Pink :: Pink (v. t.) To stab; to pierce as with a sword.
Mount :: Mount (v. t.) Hence: To put upon anything that sustains and fits 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 a sword blade by adding the hilt, scabbard, etc..
Ensiferous :: Ensiferous (a.) Bearing a sword.
Swordfish :: Sworder (n.) One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat..
Misword :: Misword (v. t.) To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence..
Unsheathe :: Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword..
Espadon :: Espadon (n.) A long, heavy, two-handed and two-edged sword, formerly used by Spanish foot soldiers and by executioners..
Dorado :: Dorado (n.) A southern constellation, within which is the south pole of the ecliptic; -- called also sometimes Xiphias, or the Swordfish..
Tang :: Tang (n.) The part of a sword blade to which the handle is fastened.
Watchword :: Watchword (n.) A word given to sentinels, and to such as have occasion to visit the guards, used as a signal by which a friend is known from an enemy, or a person who has a right to pass the watch from one who has not; a countersign; a password..
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