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Definition & Synonyms
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• Sword
- (n.) Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
- (n.) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
- (n.) Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.
- (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.
- (n.) The military power of a country.
Synonyms:
Blade, Brand, Steel,
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• Swordbill
- (n.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.
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• Swordfish
- (n.) The cutlass fish.
- (n.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
- (n.) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long.
- (n.) The gar pike.
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• Swordman
- (n.) A swordsman.
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