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Sword   /sɔrd/   Listen
noun
Sword  n.  
1.
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.
2.
Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. "He (the ruler) beareth not the sword in vain." "She quits the balance, and resigns the sword."
3.
Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. "I came not to send peace, but a sword."
4.
The military power of a country. "He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law."
5.
(Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Sword arm, the right arm.
Sword bayonet, a bayonet shaped somewhat like a sword, and which can be used as a sword.
Sword bearer, one who carries his master's sword; an officer in London who carries a sword before the lord mayor when he goes abroad.
Sword belt, a belt by which a sword is suspended, and borne at the side.
Sword blade, the blade, or cutting part, of a sword.
Sword cane, a cane which conceals the blade of a sword or dagger, as in a sheath.
Sword dance.
(a)
A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers.
(b)
A dance performed over swords laid on the ground, but without touching them.
Sword fight, fencing; a combat or trial of skill with swords; swordplay.
Sword grass. (Bot.) See Gladen.
Sword knot, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword.
Sword law, government by the sword, or by force; violence.
Sword lily. (Bot.) See Gladiolus.
Sword mat (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture.
Sword shrimp (Zool.), a European shrimp (Pasiphaea sivado) having a very thin, compressed body.
Sword stick, a sword cane.
To measure swords with one. See under Measure, v. t.
To put to the sword. See under Put.





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"Sword" Quotes from Famous Books



... commonly supposed. The weapon used is a long, light rapier, square at the point, two-edged and sharpened like a razor down the whole length of the front, and to about nine inches from the point at the back. The hilt is a roomy basket of iron, though in some Universities a bell-hilted sword is used, and in that case the guard is similar to the first position in sabre fencing or single stick. The blade is very pliable and not highly tempered, so that in unskilful hands it is apt ...
— Greifenstein • F. Marion Crawford
... aroused on an alarm, had instantly equipped himself with casque and sword, stood listening to what passed, sniffing the air and rolling his eyes about as if he desired nothing better than a conflict. The others now drew him aside into a more private place, and made known to him their reason for fearing ...
— Veranilda • George Gissing
... stature, with a swarthy complexion, hair curling, black eyes, strong legs, and but little blood on account of the force of the sun. Hence, too, this poverty of blood makes them over-timid to stand up against the sword, but great heat and fevers they can endure without timidity, because their frames are bred up in the raging heat. Hence, men that are born in the north are rendered over-timid and weak by fever, but their wealth ...
— Ten Books on Architecture • Vitruvius
... and hour appointed, the two knights entered the lists, armed with sword and dagger, and sheathed in complete harness; although, with a degree of temerity unusual in these, combats, they wore their visors up. Both combatants knelt down in silent prayer for a few moments, and then rising and crossing ...
— The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella The Catholic, V3 • William H. Prescott
... desires, and their necessities. It was an unholy and unsatisfactory disrupting and delaying spectacle, a painful commentary on the frailties of life, and men, a trick, a snare, a pit and gin. In the hands of the strong, like himself when he was at his best, the law was a sword and a shield, a trap to place before the feet of the unwary; a pit to dig in the path of those who might pursue. It was anything you might choose to make of it—a door to illegal opportunity; a cloud of dust ...
— The Financier • Theodore Dreiser


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