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scimiter |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Scimiter \Scim"i*ter\, Scimitar \Scim"i*tar\, n. [F. cimeterre cf It scimitarra Sp cimitarra fr Biscayan cimetarra with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. shimsh[=i]r.] 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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Billhook \Bill"hook`\, n. [Bill + hook.] A thick, heavy knife with a hooked point, used in pruning hedges, etc When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a {hand bill}; when the handle is long, a {hedge bill} or {scimiter}.
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