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saber


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saber  \Sa"ber\,  Sabre  \Sa"bre\,  n.  [F.  sabre,  G.  s["a]bel;  of 
  uncertain  origin;  cf  Hung.  sz['a]blya,  Pol.  szabla  Russ. 
  sabla,  and  L.  Gr  zabo`s  crooked,  curved.] 
  A  sword  with  a  broad  and  heavy  blade,  thick  at  the  back  and 
  usually  more  or  less  curved  like  a  scimiter;  a  cavalry  sword. 
 
  {Saber  fish},  or  {Sabre  fish}  (Zo["o]l.),  the  cutlass  fish. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Saber  \Sa"ber\,  Sabre  \Sa"bre\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Sabered}or 
  {Sabred};  p.  pr  &  vb  n.  {Sabering}  or  {Sabring}.]  [Cf.  F. 
  sabrer.] 
  To  strike,  cut,  or  kill  with  a  saber;  to  cut  down  as  with  a 
  saber. 
 
  You  send  troops  to  saber  and  bayonet  us  into 
  submission.  --Burke. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  saber 
  n  1:  a  fencing  sword  with  a  v-shaped  blade  and  a  slightly  curved 
  handle  [syn:  {sabre}] 
  2:  a  stout  sword  with  a  curved  blade  and  thick  back  [syn:  {cavalry 
  sword},  {sabre}] 
  v  1:  cut  with  a  saber  [syn:  {sabre}] 
  2:  kill  with  a  saber  [syn:  {sabre}] 
  3:  injure  with  a  sabre  [syn:  {sabre}] 




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