| sword | 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharppointed 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." (Rom. Xiii. 4) "She quits the balance, and resigns the sword." (Dryden) 3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. "I came not to send peace, but a sword." (Matt. X. 34) 4. The military power of a country. "He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law." (Milton) 5. 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 dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. 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. A European shrimp (Pasiphaea sivado) having a very thin, compressed body. Sword stick, a sword cane. To measure swords with one. See Measure, To put to the sword. See Put. Origin: OE. Swerd, AS. Sweord; akin to OFries. Swerd, swird, D. Zwaard, OS. Swerd, OHG. Swert, G. Schwert, Icel. Sver, Sw. Svard, Dan. Svaerd; of uncertain origin. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| sword-shaped | <botany> Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| swordbill | <ornithology> A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| swordfish | 1. <zoology> 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. The ger pike. The cutlass fish. 2. <astronomy> A southern constellation. See Dorado. <zoology> Swordfish sucker, a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| swordfish test | A rarely used test for androgenic activity, based upon the fact that androgens cause the development of the sword, a male structure, in female swordfish (Xiphophorus helleri) Synonym: Xiphophorus test. (05 Mar 2000) |
| swordick | <zoology> The spotted gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus). Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| swordtail | <zoology> The limulus. Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sword | a cutting or thrusting weapon with a long blade |
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| sword | twining tropical Old World plant bearing long pods usually with red or brown beans |
| sword | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
| sword | any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air |
| sword | any of various dances by men who step nimbly over swords or flourish them in the air |
| sword | any of several tropical ferns having more or less sword-shaped fronds including one from which the Boston fern developed |
| sword | any of various grasses or sedges having sword-shaped leaves with sharp edges |
| sword | an ornamental tassel on the hilt of a sword |
| sword | plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals |
| sword | any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers |
| sword | a constant and immanent peril |
| sword | a cane concealing a sword or dagger |
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