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

thood, consisting am embrace, and a slight blow on the shoulders with the flat blade of a sword.

A short sword or saber.

To thrust with a sword; to lunge.

An heir apparent. [Obs.] I'll draw it [the sword] as apparent to the crown. Shak.

arnest request. I appeal to the Scriptures in the original. Horsley. They appealed to the sword. Macaulay.

hand to the breast; to apply medicaments to a diseased part of the body. He said, and the sword his throat applied. Dryden.

ment; outfit; (pl.) the accouterments of military officers or soldiers, as belts, sashes, swords. The cavaliers emulated their chief in the richness of their appointments. Prescott. I'll prove it in my shackles, with these hands Void of appoinment, that thou liest. Beau. & Fl.

To decide, or determine generally. South. There shall your swords and lances arbitrate The swelling difference of your settled hate. Shak.

Matter for question; business in hand. [Obs.] Sheathed their swords for lack of argument. Shak.

with whatever will add strength, force, security, or efficiency; as, to arm the hit of a sword; to arm a hook in angling.

A manufactory of arms, as rifles, muskets, pistols, bayonets, swords. [U.S.]

, any belt. [Also spelt bawdrick.] A radiant baldric o'er his shoulder tied Sustained the sword that glittered at his side. Pope.

star-spangled banner. Banner fish (Zoöl.), a large fish of the genus Histiophorus, of the Swordfish family, having a broad bannerlike dorsal fin; the sailfish. One species (H. Americanus) inhabits the North Atlantic.

A short sword or dagger, worn in the fifteenth century. [Written also baslard.] Fairholt.

To possess or carry, as a mark of authority or distinction; to wear; as, to bear a sword, badge, or name.

That which engirdles a person or thing; a band or girdle; as, a lady's belt; a sword belt. The shining belt with gold inlaid. Dryden.

A rapier; a sword; so named from Bilbao, in Spain. Shak.

(Scomberesox saurus). (c) The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

The cutting part of an instrument; as, the blade of a knife or a sword.