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aterial of which anything is composed, or that which it contains; as, a throne of gold; a sword of steel; a wreath of mist; a cup of water.

in person to overlook the magistrates, and overawe these subjects with the terror of his sword. Spenser.

ything that means or threatens harm. Locke. Vice parries wide The undreaded volley with a sword of straw. Cowper.

crown, by the service of rendering annually some implement of war, as a bow, an arrow, a sword, a flag, etc. -- Petit treason, formerly, in England, the crime of killing a person to whom the offender owed duty or subjection, as one's husband, master, mistress, etc. The crime is now not distinguished from murder.…

A scabbard, as of a sword. [Obs.] Shak.

To stab; to pierce as with a sword. Addison.

Pinking iron. (a) An instrument for scalloping the edges of ribbons, flounces, etc. (b) A sword. [Colloq.]

The flat or broad side of a sword. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.

kip and play! Pope. And some, the darlings of their Lord, Play smiling with the flame and sword. Keble.

Having no point; blunt; wanting keenness; obtuse; as, a pointless sword; a pointless remark.

The knob on the hilt of a sword. Macaulay.

A sword bearer. [Obs.]

customarily, either for instruction, profit, or amusement; as, to practice with the broadsword or with the rifle; to practice on the piano. practise

To aim, point, or direct, as a weapon; as, to present a pistol or the point of a sword to the breast of another. Pesent arms (Mil.), the command in response to which the gun is carried perpendicularly in front of the center of the body, and held there with the left hand grasping it at the lower band, and the right hand…

iercing or puncturing with a sharp point. "There is that speaketh like the prickings of a sword." Prov. xii. 18 [1583].

emove. Surrey. Upon his breastplate he beholds a dint, Which in that field young Edward's sword did print. Sir John Beaumont. Perhaps some footsteps printed in the clay. Roscommon.

ssession of wealth. Bp. Hall. -- Purse rat. (Zoöl.) See Pocket gopher, under Pocket. -- Sword and purse, the military power and financial resources of a nation.

onvenience, provisions, or the like. Give no odds to your foes, but do purvey Yourself of sword before that bloody day. Spenser.

To make a thrust; to shove; as, to push with the horns or with a sword. Shak.

ut to rights, to arrange in proper order; to settle or compose rightly. -- To put to the sword, to kill with the sword; to slay. -- To put to trial, or on trial, to bring to a test; to try. -- To put trust in, to confide in; to repose confidence in. -- To put up. (a) To pass unavenged; to overlook; not to punish or…