Definition of sword

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Sword (n.) Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power..

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Chape :: Chape (n.) The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.
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..
Lock :: Lock (v. t.) To seize, as the sword arm of an antagonist, by turning the left arm around it, to disarm him..
Misword :: Misword (n.) A word wrongly spoken; a cross word.
Edge :: Edge (v. t.) The thin cutting side of the blade of an instrument; as, the edge of an ax, knife, sword, or scythe. Hence, figuratively, that which cuts as an edge does, or wounds deeply, etc..
Plat :: Plat (n.) The flat or broad side of 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..
Rapier :: Rapier (n.) A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting..
Swordsmen :: Sword-shaped (a.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like..
Steel :: Steel (n.) A weapon, as a sword, dagger, etc..
Ensate :: Ensate (a.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform..
Languet :: Languet (n.) That part of the hilt, in certain kinds of swords, which overlaps the scabbard..
Sworded :: Swordbill (n.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird..
Ensiferous :: Ensiferous (a.) Bearing a sword.
Enfiled :: Enfiled (p. a.) Having some object, as the head of a man or beast, impaled upon it; as, a sword which is said to be enfiled of the thing which it pierces..
Damaskin :: Damaskin (n.) A sword of Damask steel.
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..
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..
Gladiature :: Gladiature (n.) Swordplay; fencing; gladiatorial contest.
Swore :: Swordtail (n.) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees..
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