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| baldric |
a belt, often decorated, that is worn over the shoulder and diagonally across the body to carry a sword or bugle. |
| blade |
the cutting part of a knife, sword, scissors, or the like. [2/6 definitions] |
| broadsword |
a sword with a broad flat blade. |
| bullfight |
a ceremonial sport practiced esp. in Spain and Mexico in which banderilleros and picadors first goad and tire a specially bred bull, and then a matador with a cape and sword provokes the bull into charging him several times, and finally kills it. |
| cutlass |
a short thick sword with one cutting edge and usu. a curved blade. |
| Damascus steel |
hand-wrought steel, used esp. for sword blades, that is made by repeated folding and welding, thereby creating a pattern of wavy lines; damask steel. |
| Damocles |
in Greek legend, a man who was placed under a sword that hung by a single hair, to learn of the perilous nature of a ruler's life. |
| dragon tree |
a tree of the agave family with sword-shaped leaves and orange fruit, one source of dragon's blood. |
| dub1 |
to award the title of knight to by tapping or striking lightly on the shoulder, usu. with a sword. [1/2 definitions] |
| épée |
a fencing sword having a three-sided blade and a blunt circular tip guard. |
| Excalibur |
in Arthurian legend, King Arthur's magical sword. |
| falchion |
a short broad medieval sword with a slight curve in the blade near the point. |
| foible |
a sword blade's weaker part, from the middle to the point. [1/2 definitions] |
| foil3 |
a narrow lightweight sword with a flexible blade, a flat handguard, and a blunt point, used in fencing. [1/2 definitions] |
| forte1 |
a sword blade's stronger part, from the base to the middle. (Cf. foible.) [1/2 definitions] |
| hilt |
the part by which a sword, knife, tool, or the like is held; handle. |
| iris |
any of various related plants that have sword-shaped leaves and bear showy flowers on an upright spike, or the flower of this plant. [1/2 definitions] |
| matador |
the person who fights and attempts to kill the bull with a sword in a bullfight. |
| pink2 |
to pierce, stab, or prick, as with a sword. [1/3 definitions] |
| pommel |
the knob on a sword hilt. [1/3 definitions] |
| pummel |
to strike heavily with or as if with the fists, a sword, a club, or the like; beat. [2/3 definitions] |
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