| slovo | definícia |
Scymetar
(gcide) | Scymetar \Scym"e*tar\, n.
See Scimiter.
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scymetar
(gcide) | 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[imac]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.]
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2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
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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.
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
scymetar
(gcide) | Scymetar \Scym"e*tar\, n.
See Scimiter.
[1913 Webster]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[imac]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.]
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2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
[1913 Webster]
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.
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