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n. A sword with a broad blade and a cutting edge; a claymore. [ 1913 Webster ]

I heard the broadsword's deadly clang. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a stout sword with a curved blade and thick back.
Syn. -- saber, sabre. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bad workmanship. [ Obs. ] Heywood. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deprivation of honor; a cause of disgrace; a discredit. [ Obs. ] Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To refuse to worship; to treat as unworthy. [ Obs. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To deprive of worth; to degrade. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Forswear. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. of Forswear. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being forsworn. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Manufacture of glass; articles or ornamentation made of glass. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. one who cuts flat glass to size.
Syn. -- glasscutter, glazier, glazer. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a place where glass is made. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. (Bot.) A seashore plant of the Spinach family (Salicornia herbacea), with succulent jointed stems; also, a prickly plant of the same family (Salsola Kali), both formerly burned for the sake of the ashes, which yield soda for making glass and soap. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Work performed, or results obtained, by guess; conjecture. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Half the length of a sword; close fight. “At half-sword.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To word wrongly; as, to misword a message, or a sentence. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word wrongly spoken; a cross word. [ Obs. ] Sylvester. Breton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Wrong or false worship; mistaken practices in religion. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such hideous jungle of misworships. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To worship wrongly. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who worships wrongly. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Sufficiently interesting to be reported in a newspaper; as, a dog biting a man is not a newsworthy item. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Worth the pains or care bestowed. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A word to be given before a person is allowed to pass; a watchword; a countersign. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The art of printing from the surface of type, plates, or engravings in relief, by means of a press; the work so done. MacKellar. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Work done on or by a press. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. (Metal Work) Act or process of pressing or drawing with dies or presses; also, the product of such work. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. (Cabinetmaking) Work consisting of a series of cross-grained veneers united by glue, heat, and pressure. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. Pottery produced by pressing clay into molds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. The work of a press agent. [ Usually Press work ] [ Chiefly Theat. Cant ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A light sword used for thrusting only; especially, the sword worn by civilians of rank in the eighteenth century. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. swerd, AS. sweord; akin to OFries. swerd, swird, D. zwaard, OS. swerd, OHG. swert, G. schwert, Icel. sverð, Sw. svärd, Dan. svaerd; of uncertain origin. ] 1. An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp-pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power. [ 1913 Webster ]

He [ the ruler ] beareth not the sword in vain. Rom. xiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

She quits the balance, and resigns the sword. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension. [ 1913 Webster ]

I came not to send peace, but a sword. Matt. x. 34. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. The military power of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

He hath no more authority over the sword than over the law. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Weaving) One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended. [ 1913 Webster ]

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) A dance in which swords are brandished and clashed together by the male dancers. Sir W. Scott. (b) 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. (Bot.) See Gladen. --
Sword knot, a ribbon tied to the hilt of a sword. --
Sword law, government by the sword, or by force; violence. Milton. --
Sword lily. (Bot.) See Gladiolus. --
Sword mat (Naut.), a mat closely woven of yarns; -- so called from a wooden implement used in its manufacture. --
Sword shrimp (Zool.), a European shrimp (Pasiphaea sivado) having a very thin, compressed body. --
Sword stick, a sword cane. --
To measure swords with one. See under Measure, v. t. --
To put to the sword. See under Put. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Cf. AS. geswurdod. ] Girded with a sword. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) (a) 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. (b) The gar pike. (c) The cutlass fish. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Astron.) A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

Swordfish sucker (Zool.), a remora (Remora brachyptera) which attaches itself to the swordfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) The spotted gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus). [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Slashing with a sword. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Destitute of a sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Swordmen A swordsman. “Sinewy swordmen.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Fencing; a sword fight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A fencer; a gladiator; one who exhibits his skill in the use of the sword. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Bot.) Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Swordsmen 1. A soldier; a fighting man. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One skilled of a use of the sword; a professor of the science of fencing; a fencer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a swordsman; skill in the use of the sword. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) (a) The limulus. (b) Any hemipterous insect of the genus Uroxiphus, found upon forest trees. [ 1913 Webster ]

imp. of Swear. [ 1913 Webster ]