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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
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