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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Swing :: Swing (v. t.) To give a circular movement to; to whirl; to brandish; as, to swing a sword; to swing a club; hence, colloquially, to manage; as, to swing a business..
Run :: Run (v. i.) To cause to enter; to thrust; as, to run a sword into or through the body; to run a nail into the foot..
Allonge :: Allonge (v. i.) To thrust with a sword; to lunge.
Sabre :: Sabre (n.) A sword with a broad and heavy blade, thick at the back, and usually more or less curved like a scimiter; a cavalry sword..
Whinger :: Whinger (n.) A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.
Swordsmen :: Sword-shaped (a.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point..
Intussuscepted :: Intussuscepted (a.) Received into some other thing or part, as a sword into a sheath; invaginated..
Claymore :: Claymore (n.) A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders.
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..
Unsheathe :: Unsheathe (v. t.) To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard, as a sword..
Swordsmanship :: Swordsman (n.) One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer.
Gride :: Gride (e. i.) To cut with a grating sound; to cut; to penetrate or pierce harshly; as, the griding sword..
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..
Ensate :: Ensate (a.) Having sword-shaped leaves, or appendages; ensiform..
Gainpain :: Gainpain (n.) Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
Misword :: Misword (v. t.) To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence..
Bear :: Bear (v. t.) To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name..
Damaskin :: Damaskin (n.) A sword of Damask steel.
Morglay :: Morglay (n.) A sword.
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