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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Foinery :: Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play..
Cutlass :: Cutlass (n.) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax..
Sword :: Sword (n.) The military power of a country.
Sword :: Sword (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension..
Moulinet :: Moulinet (n.) In sword and saber exercises, a circular swing of the weapon..
Vibrate :: Vibrate (v. t.) To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing; as, to vibrate a sword or a staff..
Falchion :: Falchion (n.) A name given generally and poetically to a sword, especially to the swords of Oriental and fabled warriors..
Acinaces :: Acinaces (n.) A short sword or saber.
Gainpain :: Gainpain (n.) Bread-gainer; -- a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
Guard :: Guard (v. t.) That part of a sword hilt which protects the hand.
Two-handed :: Two-handed (a.) Used with both hands; as, a two-handed sword..
Machete :: Machete (n.) A large heavy knife resembling a broadsword, often two or three feet in length, -- used by the inhabitants of Spanish America as a hatchet to cut their way through thickets, and for various other purposes..
Jewel :: "Jewel (v. t.) To dress, adorn, deck, or supply with jewels, as a dress, a sword hilt, or a watch; to bespangle, as with jewels..
Singlestick :: Singlestick (n.) The game played with singlesticks, in which he who first brings blood from his adversary's head is pronounced victor; backsword; cudgeling..
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..
Singlestick :: Singlestick (n.) In England and Scotland, a cudgel used in fencing or fighting; a backsword..
Swordtail :: Swordsmanship (n.) The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword.
Estramacon :: Estramacon (n.) A straight, heavy sword with two edges, used in the 16th and 17th centuries..
Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Covered or affected with rust; as, a rusty knife or sword; rusty wheat..
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..
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