SWORD
\sˈɔːd], \sˈɔːd], \s_ˈɔː_d]\
Definitions of SWORD
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.
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Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
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The military power of a country.
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One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
By Oddity Software
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A long, keen-edged, sharp-pointed offensive weapon with one or two cutting edges; the symbol of justice, vengeance, or war.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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An offensive weapon with a long blade, sharp upon one or both edges, for cutting or thrusting: destruction by the sword or by war: war: the emblem of vengeance or justice, or of authority and power.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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A sharp-edged offensive weapon used either for thrusting or cutting; destruction by war; an emblem of vengeance or justice, authority and power; war; dissension; an emblem of triumph and protection.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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A warlike weapon made of steel, consisting of a long knife-like blade, one side being a sharp cutting edge, and having a handle at one end-used as a weapon for stabbing and cutting; destruction by war; vengeance or justice; emblem of power or of triumph.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] An offensive weapon having a long, strong, and usually sharp-pointed blade, for cutting or thrusting :-hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power;- destruction in battle;- the military power of a country ;--dissension ; strife.
