SCIMITAR

scimitar

(noun) a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

scimitar (plural scimitars)

A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade.

A long-handled billhook.

Verb

scimitar (third-person singular simple present scimitars, present participle scimitaring, simple past and past participle scimitared)

(transitive) To strike or slice with, or as if with, a scimitar.

Anagrams

• Ramistic

Source: Wiktionary

Scim"i*ter , Scim"i*tar, n. Etym: [F. cimeterre, cf. It. scimitarra, Sp. cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarry with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimshir.]

1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. [Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]

2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook. Scimiter pods (Bot.), the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition