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Definition of Scimitar

1. Noun. A curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of the blade.

Definition of Scimitar

1. Noun. A sword of Persian origin that features a curved blade. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scimitar

1. a curved Oriental sword [n -S]

Medical Definition of Scimitar

1. 1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, in use among Mohammedans, especially, the Arabs and persians. Alternative forms: cimeter, and scymetar. 2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook. Scimiter pods, the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes. Origin: F. Cimeterre, cf. It. Scimitarra, Sp. Cimitarra; fr. Biscayan cimetarry with a sharp edge; or corrupted from Per. Shimshir. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Scimitar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of India from the Earliest Ages by James Talboys Wheeler (1869)
"The Brahman, having thus given Rama the bow, the arrow, the scimitar, The coat of mail and the two quivers, presented him also with an excellent ..."

2. An Encyclopædia of Agriculture: Comprising the Theory and Practice of the by John Claudius Loudon (1831)
"... in proportion as it is detached from the mass. (Newton't Journal, vol. vp 308.) 2489. The hedge-bill is of various kinds. The scimitar (Jig- ..."

3. The World in the Middle Ages: An Historical Geography, with Accounts of the by Adolphus Louis Koeppen (1856)
"Constantinople sank beneath the scimitar of Mohammed II., on May 29, 1458, and the peninsula was incorporated into the Turkish Empire in 1460. XX. ..."

4. South of Suez by William Ashley Anderson (1920)
"Cross and scimitar in Abyssinia I. The Prince Dons a Turban ABOUT a year after my arrival at Aden there ..."

5. Sketches of India by Moyle Sherer, Officer for fire-side travellers at-home (1824)
"one of the faithful* sleeping on his horsecloth, with a scimitar beside him. Tanks, or reservoirs of water, and topes, or small groves of trees, ..."

6. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language ...by John Walker by John Walker (1806)
"In such a manner as to produce knowledge. To SCINTILLATE, sm'til-late, vn scimitar, .... scimitar ..."

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