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of Swoop
of Swoop
See Sweepstake.
Altogether; indiscriminately.
Same as Swap.
An offensive weapon, having a long and usually sharp/pointed blade with a cutting edge or edges. It is the general term, including the small sword, rapier, saber, scimiter, and many other varieties.
Hence, the emblem of judicial vengeance or punishment, or of authority and power.
Destruction by the sword, or in battle; war; dissension.
The military power of a country.
One of the end bars by which the lay of a hand loom is suspended.
Shaped like a sword; ensiform, as the long, flat leaves of the Iris, cattail, and the like.
A humming bird (Docimastes ensiferus) having a very long, slender bill, exceeding the length of the body of the bird.
Girded with a sword.
One who uses, or fights with, a sword; a swordsman; a soldier; a cutthroat.
A very large oceanic fish (Xiphias gladius), the only representative of the family Xiphiidae. It is highly valued as a food fish. The bones of the upper jaw are consolidated, and form a long, rigid, swordlike beak; the dorsal fin is high and without distinct spines; the ventral fins are absent. The adult is destitute of teeth. It becomes sixteen feet or more long.
The gar pike.
The cutlass fish.
A southern constellation. See Dorado, 1.
The spotted gunnel (Muraenoides gunnellus).
Slashing with a sword.