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sword
n.
195 quotations in 4 senses
Sense / Definition
(a) A bladed weapon designed for cutting and thrusting, a sword; also
fig.
& in
fig.
context;
pleien at the sword and bokeler
, to fence; (b) death by the sword;
don to (the) sword
, to put (sb.) to the…
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