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

From Visionaries by James Huneker

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

From Poems — Volume 1 by George Meredith

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 Noah Webster

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 Charles Dudley Warner

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 Charles Dudley Warner


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