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sword - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'sword' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Sword [ n.]
- 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.