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Backsword
Backsword Back"sword`, n. [2d back,n.+ sword.]
1. A sword with one sharp edge.
2. In England, a stick with a basket handle, used in rustic
amusements; also, the game in which the stick is used.
Also called singlestick. --Halliwell.
Half-sword
Half-sword Half"-sword`, n.
Half the length of a sword; close fight. ``At half-sword.'
--Shak.
Misword
Misword Mis*word", v. t.
To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence.
Misword
Misword Mis*word", n.
A word wrongly spoken; a cross word. [Obs.] --Sylvester.
Breton.
Password
Password Pass"word`, n.
A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a
watchword; a countersign. --Macaulay.
Regulation swordRegulation Reg`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n.
1. The act of regulating, or the state of being regulated.
The temper and regulation of our own minds.
--Macaulay.
2. A rule or order prescribed for management or government;
prescription; a regulating principle; a governing
direction; precept; law; as, the regulations of a society
or a school.
Regulation sword, cap, uniform, etc. (Mil.), a sword,
cap, uniform, etc., of the kind or quality prescribed by
the official regulations.
Syn: Law; rule; method; principle; order; precept. See
Law. Smallsword
Smallsword Small"sword`, n.
A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword
worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century.
Sword and pursePurse Purse, n. [OE. purs, pors, OF. burse, borse, bourse, F.
bourse, LL. bursa, fr. Gr. ? hide, skin, leather. Cf.
Bourse, Bursch, Bursar, Buskin.]
1. A small bag or pouch, the opening of which is made to draw
together closely, used to carry money in; by extension,
any receptacle for money carried on the person; a wallet;
a pocketbook; a portemonnaie. --Chaucer.
Who steals my purse steals trash. --Shak.
2. Hence, a treasury; finances; as, the public purse.
3. A sum of money offered as a prize, or collected as a
present; as, to win the purse; to make up a purse.
4. A specific sum of money; as:
(a) In Turkey, the sum of 500 piasters.
(b) In Persia, the sum of 50 tomans.
Light purse, or Empty purse, poverty or want of
resources.
Long purse, or Heavy purse, wealth; riches.
Purse crab (Zo["o]l.), any land crab of the genus Birgus,
allied to the hermit crabs. They sometimes weigh twenty
pounds or more, and are very strong, being able to crack
cocoanuts with the large claw. They chiefly inhabit the
tropical islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans, living
in holes and feeding upon fruit. Called also palm crab.
Purse net, a fishing net, the mouth of which may be closed
or drawn together like a purse. --Mortimer.
Purse pride, pride of money; insolence proceeding from the
possession of wealth. --Bp. Hall.
Purse rat. (Zo["o]l.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket.
Sword and purse, the military power and financial resources
of a nation. sword of Edward the ConfessorCurtana Cur*ta"na (k?r-t?"n?), n.
The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their
coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of
mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor. SwordbillSwordbill Sword"bill`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long,
slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird. Sworded
Sworded Sword"ed, a. [Cf. AS. geswurdod.]
Girded with a sword. --Milton.
Sworder
Sworder Sword"er, n.
One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a
soldier; a cutthroat. [Obs.] --Shak.
SwordfishSwordfish Sword"fish`, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the
only representative of the family Xiphiid[ae]. 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.
(b) The gar pike.
(c) The cutlass fish.
2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
Swordfish sucker (Zo["o]l.), a remora (Remora
brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish. swordfishCutlass Cut"lass (k[u^]t"las), n.; pl. Cutlasses (-[e^]z).
[F. coutelas (cf. It. coltellaccio), augm. fr. L. cultellus a
small knife, dim. of culter knife. See Colter, and cf.
Curtal ax.]
A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal
ax.
Cutlass fish, (Zo["o]l.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine
fish (Trichiurus lepturus) of the southern United States
and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver
eel, and, improperly, swordfish. Swordfish suckerSwordfish Sword"fish`, n.
1. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the
only representative of the family Xiphiid[ae]. 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.
(b) The gar pike.
(c) The cutlass fish.
2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
Swordfish sucker (Zo["o]l.), a remora (Remora
brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish. Swording
Swording Sword"ing, n.
Slashing with a sword. --Tennyson.
Swordless
Swordless Sword"less, a.
Destitute of a sword.
SwordmanSwordman Sword"man, n.; pl. Swordmen.
A swordsman. ``Sinewy swordmen.' --Shak. SwordmenSwordman Sword"man, n.; pl. Swordmen.
A swordsman. ``Sinewy swordmen.' --Shak. Swordplay
Swordplay Sword"play`, n.
Fencing; a sword fight.
Swordplayer
Swordplayer Sword"play`er, n.
A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use
of the sword.
Sword-shaped
Sword-shaped Sword"-shaped`, a. (Bot.)
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of
the Iris, cattail, and the like.
SwordsmanSwordsman Swords"man, n.; pl. Swordsmen.
1. A soldier; a fighting man.
2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the
science of fencing; a fencer. Swordsmanship
Swordsmanship Swords"man*ship, n.
The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the
sword. --Cowper.
SwordsmenSwordsman Swords"man, n.; pl. Swordsmen.
1. A soldier; a fighting man.
2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the
science of fencing; a fencer. SwordtailSwordtail Sword"tail`, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The limulus.
(b) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found
upon forest trees. To unsheathe the swordUnsheathe Un*sheathe", v. t. [1st pref. un- + sheath.]
To deprive of a sheath; to draw from the sheath or scabbard,
as a sword.
To unsheathe the sword, to make war.
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