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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Slip :: Slip (n.) The slip or sheath of a sword, and the like..
Swordmen :: Swordless (a.) Destitute of a sword.
Linearensate :: Linearensate (a.) Having the form of a sword, but very long and narrow..
Furbish :: Furbish (v. t.) To rub or scour to brightness; to clean; to burnish; as, to furbish a sword or spear..
Cutlass :: Cutlass (n.) A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax..
Swordsman :: Swordsmen (pl. ) of Swordsma.
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..
Smite :: Smite (v. t.) To destroy the life of by beating, or by weapons of any kind; to slay by a blow; to kill; as, to smite one with the sword, or with an arrow or other instrument..
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..
Naked :: Naked (a.) Having no clothes on; uncovered; nude; bare; as, a naked body; a naked limb; a naked sword..
Gladen :: Gladen (n.) Sword grass; any plant with sword-shaped leaves, esp. the European Iris foetidissima..
Whinger :: Whinger (n.) A kind of hanger or sword used as a knife at meals and as a weapon.
Mounting :: Mounting (n.) That by which anything is prepared for use, or set off to advantage; equipment; embellishment; setting; as, the mounting of a sword or diamond..
Swordfish :: Sworder (n.) One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat..
Swordfish :: Swordfish (n.) The cutlass fish.
Of :: Of (prep.) Denoting the material of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water..
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 ---..
Heel :: Heel (n.) The uppermost part of the blade of a sword, next to the hilt..
Foinery :: Foinery (n.) Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play..
Ensiform :: Ensiform (a.) Having the form of a sword blade; sword-shaped; as, an ensiform leaf..
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