scimiter

Example Sentences

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

From Visionaries by Huneker, James

“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)

Can it be? 'twas a flash! that accurst scimiter In thought even cuts thee from Shemselnihar.

From Poems — Volume 1 by Meredith, George

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

From Washington Irving by Warner, Charles Dudley

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