scimiter

Example Sentences

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When it has a short handle, it is sometimes called a hand bill; when the handle is long, a hedge bill or scimiter.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

“Dogs! what signifies this intrusion?” exclaimed Ibrahim Pasha, starting from the sofa, and grasping the handle of his scimiter.

From Wagner, the Wehr-Wolf by Reynolds, George W. M. (George William MacArthur)

Evidently a scimiter had performed this surgical operation, Pobloff mused.

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

Others succeeded, some heavily armed, others a la gineta, with lance and buckler; and lastly came the legions of foot-soldiers, with arquebus and crossbow, and spear and scimiter.

From Washington Irving by Warner, Charles Dudley

“Why, you’ve got your dagger on, sir,” hesitatingly suggested the lad, as he caught the gleam of a small scimiter among the folds of Almanzor’s tunic.

From Mistress Nell A Merry Tale of a Merry Time by Hazelton, George C.